Name «Hudyma»

The name Hudyma is first recorded in the surname of a serf named Thomas Hudyma from the Transcarpathian village of Stroyno in 1572. It is also found in the surname of a Cossack colonel Hudyma, who served in the Zaporizhian army. Thus, the genitive case form indicating the possession of the name Hudym began to fulfill the distinguishing function of the surname Hudyma.