vaidyaEtymologyBorrowed from Marathi वैद्य (vaidya, “doctor, physician”). This surname is mostly found in Maharashtra.vaidya means A surname from Marathi. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.nameA surname from Marathi.nounA practitioner of ayurvedic medicine.“Like the sannyāsī, the religious ascetic, moreover, the vaidya did not adhere rigidly to the stringent rules of ritual purity which regulated the lives of the ordinary members of the higher classes.”