Name «Lypa»

The personal name Lypa is first mentioned in 1672 among the serfs of the village of V. Bychkov: Ivan, Josip, Kirila, Lypa. This name also reoccurs among the names of the same village in 1672: Jur, Lepa, Marko. It is possible that the mentioned spelling is merely a graphic variant of the name Lepa. However, it cannot be excluded that this example reflects the living Ukrainian pronunciation of the name of the well-known honey-bearing tree – linden (lypa).Regarding the name Lypyata, it is mentioned among Lithuanian princes in 1392. It is likely that the name formation Lypyata is a derivative of the name Lypa, formed with the suffix denoting immaturity -yata.