Abramczyk
Abramczyk (Belarusian: Абрамчык, alternative spellings: Abramčyk, Abramchyk, Abramchik, Abramcik, Abramčik, Abramczik, Abramcyk, Abramschik, Abramtchik, Abramtschik, Abramtshik, Abrahmczyk, Abrahmcik, Abrahmchik, Abrahmtzik, Abramtzik; Avramchik, Auramchyk, Aŭramčyk, Belarusian: Аўрамчык; Russian: Абрамчик; Hebrew: אברמציק, אברמצ'יק; Yiddish: אַבראַמטשיק; Arabic: ابرامسزيك) is a Polish, Belarusian and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. It is a patronymic surname derived from the name Abram - the original name of the biblical Abraham. The name was used by both Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Jews on the territory of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The Jewish version of the surname is claimed to be of non-Ashkenazi origin (probably Sephardi or Mizrahi) given to the descendants of Jews from the Ottoman Empire.
The Polish and Belarusian language ending 'czyk', originally diminutive, gradually became patronymic and therefore Abramczyk means "the son of Abram" (historically, "little Abram" or "Abram junior"). The surname is currently most common in Poland and Belarus, however it also appears in other countries like Israel, France, the United States, Canada, Germany, Argentina and Brazil.
List of persons with the surname
- Mikoła Abramčyk (1903–1970), Belarusian politician
- Rüdiger Abramczik (born 1956), German football player and a coach
- Volker Abramczik (born 1964), German football player
- Rabbi Noam Abramchik, American Rabbi, the director of a NCSY chapter of Jewish Learning Centre
References
External links
- Surname information in a Polish genealogical archive
- Abramczyk surname at the Polish Wikipedia
- The surnames of Middle Eastern background list
- Our surnames - a classification of Belarusian surnames by Dr. Jan Stankievič (in Belarusian)