Name «Drohobych»

It is likely a polonized variant of the ancient Ukrainian personal name Doroho byt, which is derived with the suffix *-jb from the former Slavic name Doro ho byt. Currently, the anthroponym Drohobych is represented in the villages of the Rakhiv area as a surname, as well as the name of a well-known city in the Boyko region. The earliest mention of this geographical name Drohobych dates back to the year 1380.