Brik (surname)
- Brik may be a Jewish surname usually from the Yiddish word Yiddish: בריק brik - bridge.[citation needed] In many cases the family origin is the Hebrew acronym (notaricon) - Ben Rabbi Yakov-Kop(p)el. [citation needed] In case of Osip Brik and his wife Lilya Brik surname the surname came from acronym Ben Rabbi Yehuda Kagan.[citation needed]
- The Belarusian or Ukrainian surname Brik is 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
- Grigory Brik, Hero of the Soviet Union
- Lilya Brik, Russian Jewish actress (sometimes misspelled Birk)
- Osip Brik (sometimes misspelled Birk)
- Valentyna Brik, Ukrainian Paralympic volleyballist
- Taoufik Ben Brik, a Tunisian journalist
- Mariem Brik, Tunisian female volleyball player
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