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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech and Slovak (Chudý); and Ukrainian : nickname from Czech and Slovak chudý ‘poor’, ‘poverty-stricken’, Ukrainian khudyj.
  • Altered spelling of Swiss German Tschudy, Tschudi, a nickname for someone with thick, disheveled hair or for a silly person.

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