Vajk (given name) explained

Vajk, Voyk or Vojk (alternatively spelled Vayk in English, Voicu in Romanian) is an Old Hungarian masculine first name supposedly derived from the Turkic Bajik (or Bajiq or Bayk)^[1] which meaning is "True Man"^[2] or "rich, powerful".^[3] Tatars used the name 'Bayk' till the 18th century.^[4] More likely it is of Slavic origin from Vojko as the Romanian name Voicu.^[5]

Famous Vajks in history

• Stephen I of Hungary, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (997-1001) and the first King of Hungary (1001-1038)
• The father of John Hunyadi, who was a Voivode of Transylvania (from 1441), captain-general (1444–1446) and regent (1446–1453) of the Kingdom of Hungary. He was also the father of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, one of its most renowned kings.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=kNkTAQAAMAAJ&q=Vajk Acta orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 36
2. http://web.axelero.hu/kesz/jel/01_12/hunyadiak.htm Hungarian: "...a törökből magyarázható. Eredeti formája Bajik. Értelme: 'Igaz Ember'A b a hangfejlődés során gyakorta alakult át v hanggá." English:..it is from turkic origin. The original form of the name is Bajik, which meaning is True Man. Letter B changed to V."
3. Armin Vambery, Der ursprung der Magyaren, F. A. Brockhaus, 1882, p. 166
4. Magyar Nyelvtudományi Társaság (SOCIETY OF HUNGARIAN LINGUISTICS), Magyar nyelv, Volume 79, Akadémiai Kiadó, 1983, p.113
5. Web site: dexonline . 2024-05-04 . dexonline.ro.