The banda Surname
banda Name Meaning and History
- Spanish: habitational name from various places named with banda, probably in the sense ‘side’, ‘edge’, ‘part’.
- Hungarian: of uncertain origin; probably from the old secular personal name Bán.
- Jewish (from Poland): metonymic occupational name from Polish banda ‘ribbon’.
- In some instances, perhaps an altered spelling of German and Dutch Bande (see Band).
- Croatian or Serbian: nickname for a bandit, from banda ‘band’, ‘gang’. This name originates from the Kordun and Krajina region on the former border between Croatia and Bosnia.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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