Krivda

My mother's maiden name is Krivda. My grandfather use to say it was Russian in origin. His parents migrated to America in the 1880's from Slovakia. I am wondering if it is Russian and what part of Russia it might have come from. Thank you in advance.

Sounds Turkish to me...

:)

Don't encourage him!

I have met this name only in russian tales. It is the opposite word of Pravda (truth). So, Krivda means a lie.
Maybe there are another meaning of it, but in russian tales it is so.

Разговорный вариант:
- Это правда!
- Нет! Не правда, а кривда!

"Кривда" - скорее всего, от "кривой".

http://ushdict.narod.ru/139/w41922.htm
КРИВДА, кривды, мн. нет, ж. (обл. и нар.-поэт.). Неправда, ложь; противоп. правда. Сказка о правде и кривде. Кривдой жить.

Одна из сказок (их много в интернете)
http://lukoshko.net/rus/rus17.shtml
"Правда и Кривда"