Name «Bida»

The name "Bida" has ancient Slavic origins and is a personal name of the nickname type. As our ancestors noted, it was given to children "so that they would not encounter misfortune in life." Although in the modern Ukrainian context the name "Bida" is not used, it is actively represented in surnames across 13 regions of Ukraine—such as "Bede," "Bedyuk," "Bedyah," and so on.Interestingly, the name "Bida" is also known in Croatia, Poland, and other European countries. The earliest mentions of this name date back to the 13th and 14th centuries and are documented in Latin records. For example, in 1213, "Beda" is mentioned as the commander of a castle, along with records from territories that were then part of Hungary but had a significant Slavic population.In Poland, the name "Bieda" has been recorded since 1497. Research indicates that derivative variants, such as "Bidyč" and "Bidyčak," were noted in the 18th century in the Galician Lemkovshchyna.It is also suggested that the name "Bida" is connected to the name of an ancient village on the right bank of the Upper Tisza—"Bedevlya," which formed no later than the 13th century. Hungarian equivalents of the local toponym, such as "Bedehaza," and others confirm the history of this name.