Vajk (given name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hungarian and Turkic |
| Meaning | "True man" |
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
[edit]- 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'.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 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"
- ^ http://web.axelero.hu/kesz/jel/01_12/hunyadiak.htm Archived 2016-10-23 at the Wayback Machine 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."
- ^ Armin Vambery, Der ursprung der Magyaren, F. A. Brockhaus, 1882, p. 166
- ^ Magyar Nyelvtudományi Társaság (SOCIETY OF HUNGARIAN LINGUISTICS), Magyar nyelv, Volume 79, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1983, p.113