Name «Buik»

The name 'Buik' is likely a diminutive form from the ancient Ukrainian name 'Buiko', which means 'one who frolics or plays mischievously', with a lost inflection -o. This name is recorded in the Latin documents from the 14th century in the village of Perechia (now in the Slovak Republic). For example, in 1358, it was noted: “intersesiones Thome fabri et Buyk” - Zemplin, district (Stäray I ZOЇ). Currently, the anthroponym Buik is preserved only in the surnames Buiiko and Buiuchuk.