Vajk (given name)
Male given name
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Vajk, Voyk or Vojk (alternatively spelled Vayk in English, Voicu in Romanian) is an Old Hungarian masculine first name possibly derived from the Turkic Bajik (or Bajiq or Bayk)[1] which means "True Man"[2] or "rich, powerful".[3] Tatars used the name 'Bayk' till the 18th century.[4]
Famous Vajks in history
- Stephen I of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (997-1001) and the first King of Hungary (1001-1038) was given the birth name Vajk.
- The father of captain-general (1444–1446) and regent (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary John Hunyadi, who was a Voivode of Transylvania (from 1441), was named Voyk, a variation of 'Vajk'.