Gorelik or Gorelick (; ) is a Jewish occupational surname historically denoting a vodka distiller or trader. Its etymology is Slavic, from Belarusian harelka (гарэлка), a calque from Polish gorzałka, itself from German geprant Wein 'burnt wine'. Morphologically it resembles a Russian adjective meaning 'burnt' with the noun-forming suffix -ik. The latter is sometimes Anglicized, producing -ick. Notable people with the surname include:
Adrián Gorelik (born 1957), Argentine architect Aleksandr Gorelik (1945–2012), Soviet pair skater Anastasiya Harelik (born 1991), Belarusian volleyball player Anatolii Horelik (1890–1956), Ukrainian activist Gennady Gorelik (born 1948), Russian physicist and philosopher Jamie Gorelick (born 1950), American attorney Kenny G (born as Kenneth Gorelick in 1956), American saxophonist Lena Gorelik (born 1981), German writer Lev Gorelik (born 1992), Russian footballer Lolita Milyavskaya (born as Lolita Markovna Gorelik in 1963), Russian singer, actress, TV and film director Mark Harelik (born 1951), American actor Mikhail Gorelik (born 1958), Soviet swimmer Mordecai Gorelik (1899–1990), American theatrical designer, producer, and director Olga Gorelik, Belarusian-born American pianist Sarah Gorelick (1933–2020), American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 female astronauts group Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000), American artist Wolf Gorelik (1933–2013), Russian conductor Victor Gorelick (1941–2020), American comic book editor and executive Yerucham Gorelick (1911–1983), American rabbi Zalman Gorelik (1908–1987), Belarusian geologist
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