Name «Pershko»

The name "Pershko" is a Ukrainian personal name derived from the ordinal numeral "first" using the substantive suffix "-ko". This name indicates the birth order of children in a family. Thus, in its original essence, the name is equivalent to the general Ukrainian term "pervisotok" (firstborn). The first recorded mention of this name dates back to the year 1214, and in Latin, it appears as "iudice Pers, curialicomite de Zounok" (in the county of Sielad). In the territory of Ukraine, the name "Pershko" was first mentioned in 1595.It is quite likely that echoes of this name can be found in the surnames of landowners, such as Jo. Perse and Kenderes Perse, who lived in the villages of Transylvania, Giulești and Harnicești. In the form of full surnames, the name "Pershko" appears as early as 1649 in the names of Cossacks of the Brovary regiment: Stepan Pershko and Andrushko Pershko.