Avda () is an old and rare Russian ChristianSuperanskaya , p. 21 male first name.Petrovsky, p. 32 It is possibly derived from either the Biblical Hebrew word abdā, meaning (god's) slave, (god's) servant, or the Greek word audē, meaning speech, prophecy.

The patronymics derived from "Avda" are "" (Avdich; masculine) and "" (Avdichna; feminine).

"Avda" is also a colloquial form of the male first names Avdakt and AvdikySuperanskaya , pp. 31–32 and a diminutive of the male first names Avdey and Avdon.Petrovsky, p. 33

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