Gawęda (surname) explained

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:

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.genezanazwisk.pl/content/gaw%C4%99da GAWĘDA