Karasik, Karasick or Karassik is a Slavic-language surname literally meaning "little karas", i.e., "little crucian carp". It can be a metonymic occupational surname for a fisher, or a nickname for a person with face resembling carp. It can also be a Jewish artificial surname.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=karasik Notable people with the surname include:
Adeena Karasick, (born 1965), Canadian poet, performance artist, and essayist Elissa Karasik, American screenwriter Igor Karassik, Russian-American engineer Paul Karasik, American cartoonist Regina Karasick, birth name of Peggy Dennis (1909–1993), American–Russian journalist, author, and Communist activist Yuli Karasik, Soviet film director
Fictional characters Karasik in An Israeli Love Story Karasik in 1958 Russian children's book Dunno in Sun City See also
Karas (surname) Karasek Karasiak Corasick
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