Name «Bilovyd»

The name 'Bilovyd' has ancient East Slavic origins and is a two-component masculine personal name. It is derived from the former possessive name of the village Bilovyzh, which is now the city of Rokytne in the Rivne region. Records indicate this name: in 1581 it was recorded as Bielowiez, in 1624 - Bełowiz, and in 1765 - Bilowiz.Researchers such as D. Buchko, O. Kuptsynskyi, and Ya. Pura point out that the appearance of the final -zh in the toponym Bilovyzh is a result of sound alternation d/zh before the ancient suffix *-uь in the personal name Bilovyd. The appellative meaning of this adjective 'bilovydyy' translates to 'white-faced.'Among Ukrainian surnames that have two-component formations with the component Bil, many examples can be found: the Cossacks Homa Bilobrovyts, Ivan Biloholov, Fedir Bilous. Such surnames are also present in Transcarpathia, for example, Bilobryt, Bilovar, Bilohyrka. They are also common among Belarusians and Russians, such as the Belarusian surnames Belonohi and Belonohov.