Hayduk Family History
Hayduk Name Meaning
Americanized or Germanized form of Polish Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia Poland Serbia and Croatia) Croatian and Czech Hajduk or of Czech and Polish Hejduk . Compare Hyduk . Rusyn and Ukrainian: status name of Hungarian origin (see Hajdu ) denoting e.g. an armed retainer in the service of local landowners a Hungarian foot soldier and an insurgent rebel (see Hajduk ). Compare 1 above.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022