Brik (surname) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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). Evgenia Vladimirovna Brik [ru] (born 1981), Russian film and theater actress Grigory Brik [ru] (1915–1983), Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Stanislavovich Brik [ru] (1879–1947), Ukrainian scientist, philologist, Slavist, historian, social activist and teacher Johann Emanuel Brik [de] (1842–1925), Austrian bridge technician and university teacher Johannes Brik [de] (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 See also Bryk Surname listThis page lists people with the surname Brik. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link. References 1 2 http://www.polishroots.org/Research/SurnameSearch/DNNArticleArticleView/tabid/353/smid/742/ArticleID/704/reftab/351/t/Bryk/Default.aspx?dnnprintmode=true&mid=745&SkinSrc=%5BG%5DSkins%2F_default%2FNo+Skin&ContainerSrc=%5BG%5DContainers%2F_default%2FNo+Container (viewed 06.11.2016) Related Articles