Brik (surname)
Appearance
The surname Brik may have several origins.
- Brik may be a Jewish surname usually from the Yiddish word Yiddish: בריק brik - bridge.[1]
- Belarusian or Ukrainian surname Brik may be derived from the old Polish verb brykac (via an intermediate form Bryk), that means "to gambol".[1]
- Brik is also a Tunisian pastry (börek).
People
[edit]- Evgenia Vladimirovna Brik (born 1981), Russian film and theater actress
- Grigory Brik (1915-1983), Hero of the Soviet Union
- Ivan Stanislavovich Brik (1879-1947), Ukrainian scientist, philologist, Slavist, historian, social activist and teacher
- Johann Emanuel Brik (1842-1925), Austrian bridge technician and university teacher
- Johannes Brik (1899-1982), Austrian Benedictine
- Lilya Brik (1891-1978), Russian Jewish actress (sometimes misspelled Birk)
- Osip Brik (1888-1945), (sometimes misspelled Birk)
- Taoufik Ben Brik (born 1960), a Tunisian journalist
- Valentyna Brik (born 1985), Ukrainian Paralympic volleyballist