Gawęda (surname)

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Gawęda is a Polish-language surname, a variant is Gawenda. The primary meaning of the word is a social chat or tale, and the surname originated from the nickname for a person who likes to talk much, to chat, or who tells tales.[1]

Notable people with this surname include:

  • Adam Gawęda (born 1967), Polish mining engineer, politician and statesman
  • Czesław Gawęda (1896-1979), Polish highly decorated soldier
  • Dominika Gawęda, lead singer of Polish band Blue Café
  • Stanisław Gawęda (1914-1994), polish historian, educator and highly decorated soldier

References

  1. ^ GAWĘDA, genezanazwick.pl, citing Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków, vol. I, p. 222.
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