Belkin (surname)
Belkin (Russian: Белкин), or Belkina (feminine; Белкина), Hebrew: בלקין is a surname of Russian or Jewish origin. The Russian surname is derived either from the Russian word belka, meaning squirrel and is associated with the old Russian noble Belkin family.[1] The Jewish one is a matronymic surname derived from the Jewish given name Beylke, a diminutive from Beyle. Notable people with the surname include:
- Arnold Belkin, Mexican painter
- Beatrice Belkin, American soprano singer
- Boris Belkin, Russian-born violin virtuoso
- Katerina Belkina, Russian photographer and painter
- Lena Belkina, Ukrainian opera singer
- Mike Belkin, Canadian tennis player
- John N. Belkin, Professor of Entomology UCLA
- Nicholas J. Belkin, professor at School of Communication at Rutgers University
- Olga Belkina, Russian sprinter
- Samuel Belkin, president of the Yeshiva University
- Steve Belkin, businessman and owner of Atlanta Thrashers and Atlanta Hawks
- Valeria Belkina, Russian female acrobatic gymnast
Fictional characters
- Ivan Petrovich Belkin, the namesake of The Belkin Tales by Russian poet and writer Alexander Pushkin
See also
- All pages with titles containing Belkin
- All pages with titles containing Belkina
- Belkind
References
- ^ . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.