Vajk (given name)

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)Acta orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 36, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, 1982, p. 420-426, Cited "The Turkic original of the Old Hungarian name Vajk is Bajiq" which means "True Man"http://web.axelero.hu/kesz/jel/01_12/hunyadiak.htm Hungarian: "...a törökből magyarázható. Eredeti formája Bajik. Értelme: 'Igaz Ember'A b a hangfejlődés során gyakorta alakult át v hanggá." English:..it is from turkic origin. The original form of the name is Bajik, which meaning is True Man. Letter B changed to V." or "rich, powerful".Armin Vambery, Der ursprung der Magyaren, F. A. Brockhaus, 1882, p. 166 Tatars used the name 'Bayk' till the 18th century.Magyar Nyelvtudományi Társaság (SOCIETY OF HUNGARIAN LINGUISTICS), Magyar nyelv, Volume 79, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1983, p.113

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'.

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