The surname Brik may have several origins. Brik may be a Jewish surname usually from the Yiddish word brik - bridge. Belarusian or Ukrainian surname Brik may be derived from the old Polish verb brykac (via an intermediate form Bryk), that means "to gambol".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) Brik is also a Tunisian pastry (börek). 4. Brik is also a small nu metal band formed in 1997.
People
(born 1981), Russian film and theater actress (1915–1983), Hero of the Soviet Union (1879–1947), Ukrainian scientist, philologist, Slavist, historian, social activist and teacher (1842–1925), Austrian bridge technician and university teacher (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 Rose Brik (born 1996), Canadian bestselling poet and author
See also Bryk
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