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.GAWĘDA, genezanazwick.pl, citing Kazimierz Rymut, Nazwiska Polaków, vol. I, p. 222.
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
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