Name «Vovchok»

The name "Vovchok" is derived from the personal name "Vovk" through the diminutive suffix -ok. This name has been used by Ukrainians for several centuries. For example, in 1213 there are mentions of "Vlutko" (translated as Vovchok) in the register, in 1572 — "Vovchka Lyashkov" in the city of Vinnytsia, in 1552 — "Yau pana Lovchka" in the village of Zhaskovychy, and in 1618 — serfs with the names Iwan Wolczok in the village of Nizhny Pysana and Wolczok Wasil in the village of Rivna on Makovytsia. Additionally, Poles in the XIII-XV centuries used the name Wilczek.