Voicu

Voicu is a Romanian surname derived from the Turkic (or Bajiq or Bayk) whose meaning is "True Man" or "rich, powerful,"[1][2] most likely through Slavic (from Vojko)[3][4] mediation. Notable people with this surname include:

Voicu is also the given name attributed by the Romanian historiography to the father of John Hunyadi, who is called "Voyk" in Latin-language 15th century documents.

See also

References

  1. "ÁRPÁDKORI SZEMÉLYNEVEINK (Második és befejező közlemény)".
  2. "The old Hungarian name Vajk", Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, 36: 420–426, 1982, The Turkic original of the Old Hungarian name Vajk is Bajiq.
  3. "Erlanger Beiträge zur Sprach- und Kunstwissenschaft" (in German). 1964.
  4. Iordan, Iorgu (1983), Dicționar al numelor de familie românești (in Romanian), Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică
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