origin of first name - Bavrick

[Cieanne]

Hi,
Can anyone tell me the origin of the first name "Bavrick". Is it Polish, Ukranian or is there some other background. Could this name have been spelled differently or was it a spinoff from another name? The name is old and was used in the early to mid 1800's. Thanks,

[Hannia]

I have done some extensive research re Bavrick as a given name and have come up w/zero. The only thing I could think of is that it is a German nickman, meaning SMALL FARMER. This is only a guess. I don't have a concrete answer for you.

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Something found by accident:

7/6/1899 arriving in New York, there are two Chmilar families emigrating from Bielowec and in transit for Winnepeg.

Andrij (Andrew) Chmilar - age 32
Pataszka/Paraszka Chmilar - age 24, wife (Paraska frequently anglicized to Pearl???)
Nascia (Anastasia) - age 4
Wasyl (anglicized to Bill???) - age 2
Anna - baby

Fedko Chmilar - age 52
Ewa (maybe Eudokia originally) - age 49
Dmytro - 17
Wasyl - 9
Katarzyna - 4

They list an Iwan Kudal/Kudol, friend in Canada.
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LDS has some metrykal records filmed. Have you examined them?

Title
Metrical books, 1835-1865

Authors
Greek Catholic Church. Bielawce (Brody) (Main Author)

Notes
Microreproduction of original manuscripts at the Central State Historical Archives of Ukraine in L′viv.
Greek Catholic Church records (births, marriages, deaths) for Bielawce (Brody), Galizien, Austria; later Bielawce (Brody), Tarnopol, Poland; now Bili︠a︡vt︠s︡i, Brody, L′viv, Ukraine. Text in Latin and Russian.
Record group 201, series 4A, files 318, 357-359.

Subjects
Austria, Galizien, Bielawce (Brody) - Church records
Poland, Tarnopol, Bielawce (Brody) - Church records
Україна, Львів, Броди, Білявці - Метричні книги
Ukraine, L′viv, Brody, Bili︠a︡vt︠s︡i - Church records

Format
Manuscript (On Film)

Language
Latin
Russian

Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1994

Physical
on 2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
Volume 201-4A/318 (title board is labeled wrong) Births 1846-1854 (some years may be missing) - FHL INTL Film [ 1922809 Item 6 ]
Volume 201-4A/357 Births, marriages, deaths 1835-1836 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1838-1839 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1841-1844 (filmed with Bołdury) - FHL INTL Film [ 1922813 Item 4 ]
Volume 201-4A/358 Births, marriages, deaths 1845 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1847 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1849-1854 (filmed with Bołdury) - FHL INTL Film [ 1922813 Item 5 ]
Volume 201-4A/359 Births, marriages, deaths 1855-1857 -- Births, marriages, deaths 1859-1865 (filmed with Bołdury) - FHL INTL Film [ 1922813 Item 6 ]

[Serhii]

Hi Cieanne,

If you are going to come here, I could give you some interesting suggestions about that a bit strange name.

[Cieanne]

Hi Serhii,
I am not sure what you mean by your post. Can you please explain?
Thanks

[Serhii]

Hi Cieanne,

I was the last to read your question and write the answer on it , so I simply didn’t know if you were going co came back. Sometimes people didn’t do it – you can find many examples below. But you are here again and that’s wonderful.

A few days ago I ran into very interesting discussion about the origin of the name Barvik. But it is the second name and looks like I spelt it. A huge discussion about such names took place in 19 century ( around 1880 or so). You write that the name you are seeking is a very old one as well. Originally it should be a name of a small town in Poland. Perhaps he was from it ?

As for the first name – it is totally impossible in a form you gave. It could be a denominative form or just nickname. It reminds me beautiful, beloved in Ukraine flower Barvinok ( ever heard ?)

[stepanstas]

Hmm, searching баврик on google, you get only russian results.

[Serhii]

Nice idea Stepan,

I tried as well and found bavrik ( баврик ). It was a female nickname in a modern novel ( just imposible to read )