Boyko (name)
Boyko or Boiko (Cyrillic: Бойко, Polish: Bojko) is a common surname among people with origins in Russia and Western Ukraine, including in Canada and the United States. It is one of the most common surnames in Ukraine.
It is also found in South Slavic countries, as a form of the name Бојан/Bojan (Boyan). The surname 'Boiko' is also common amongst Ashkenazi Jews (amongst whom it is spelled as 'Boiko' or 'Boico'), and possibly it is a form of 'Boge', or 'boikil' meaning "quick".[1]
- Aleksandra Boiko, Soviet tank commander
- Andriy Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
- Bohdan Boyko, Ukrainian politician
- Brett Boyko, American football player
- Christopher A. Boyko, American lawyer
- Darren Boyko, Canadian ice hockey player
- Denys Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
- Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer
- Dmytro Boiko, Ukrainian fencer
- Edgar Paul Boyko, American lawyer
- Eugene Boyko, Canadian film maker
- Georgi E. Boyko, Soviet and Ukrainian geologist
- Ivan Boyko, Soviet hero
- Natalya Boyko, Soviet canoeist
- Sergei Boyko, Russian footballer
- Svetlana Boiko, Russian fencer
- Vadzim Boyka (also Vadim Boyko), Belarusian footballer
- Yuriy Boyko, Ukrainian politician
In Bulgaria Boiko is a given name.
- Boyko Borisov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Boyko Velichkov, Bulgarian footballer
- Boiko Zvetanov, Bulgarian opera singer
See also
- Ukrainian surnames
- Boyko, a group of Ukrainian Carpathian people
References
- ^ Jewish Family Names and Their Origins: An Etymological Dictionary, By Heinrich Heinrich Walter Guggenheimer, Eva H. Guggenheimer, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1992 , 116
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