Throughout the world, Vayda (Vayda 
, Вайда 
, Ваида ) is a rare principally female, but scarcely masculine first name. The first name Vayda is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare predominantly feminine, but very infrequently masculine name, Kazakhstan, and Bulgaria, where it is a rare girly name. In absolute terms, it is the most numerous in India, Kazakhstan, and Russia. More frequently, Vayda is the last name as well as the forename.