Hunger is an East Slavic internal family name that originated from the appellative "holod," which means "acute sensation of need for food." Similar names, but with non-full vocalization (for example, Glado, Gladko), also exist among Bulgarians. S. Ilchev qualifies them as incantatory since they are intended to ward off hunger from a person, "so that they do not know or feel hunger."The South Slavic prince Glad is mentioned in the basin of the middle and upper Tisza River later, for example, in 1235: Halad tunnarius — the town of Szolnok. Full vocalization variants of the name Holod are mentioned in Poland, where scribes recorded them with a closed "d," namely Gołoda, Gołodok, Gołodczuk.Among Ukrainians, the anthroponym Holod is recorded in writing as early as the 16th century and later, but only as an additional means of identifying a person. For example, in 1578 and 1648: Ivan Holod, Stepan Holod. Also, in 1692: za Olexem Hołodem — the town of Przemyśl; in 1697: the serf Hołot (!) Mate — the village of Dragovo.From the name Holod, several surnames have been formed, such as Holodnya, Holodnyak, Holodchak. For instance, in 1649, the Cossacks from the Uman regiment Semen Holodnyak and Yakov Holodnyachenko are mentioned. However, the name Holod was used among Ukrainians only in the Middle Ages.
