Kudirka

Kudirka
Lithuanian surname
m.:Kudirka
f.: (unmarried)Kudirkaitė
f.: (married)Kudirkienė

Kudirka is the masculine form of a Lithuanian family name. Its feminine forms are: Kudirkienė (married woman or widow) and Kudirkaitė (unmarried woman). The Dictionary of Lithuanian surnames says that the surname is of uncertain origin, probably related to the French surname Couderc.[1]

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Juozas Kudirka (1939–2007), Lithuanian ethnologist, habilitated doctor of sciences in humanities
  • Simas Kudirka (1930–2023), seaman known for defecting from the USSR by jumping to the USCGC Vigilant, and who was portrayed in the TV movie The Defection of Simas Kudirka
  • Tom Kudirka, founder of 2015, American video game developer
  • Vincas Kudirka (1858–1899), poet and doctor, author of the Lithuanian national anthem

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Kudirka
  • All pages with titles containing Kudirkaite
  • All pages with titles containing Kudirkiene
  • Kudirkos Naumiestis
  • 319009 Kudirka, minor planet

References

  1. ↑ Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas, Vilnius, Mokslas, 1985, vol. 1; 1989, vol. 2.
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