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[smartkitty-86.livejournal.com]

Привeт всем!

I'm looking for the spelling and/or origin of a surname. We only know it as it is pronounced: Байсики.

Is this a Slavic/Russian name? If so, where from? If not, any clue what the last name might actually be? The person with this last name is definitely from Eastern Europe.

Спасибо!

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[serialcondition.livejournal.com]

bicyki == little bicycles

sorry, couldn't resist

[oryx_and_crake]

Does not look like any Russian (or even Slavonic) name to me. The first syllable "Бай" suggests that the name originated from a Turkic language (which can be anything from Bulgaria to actual Turkey to Kazakhstan).

[joliecanard.livejournal.com]

Baisiki doesn't sound Turkish to me.

Your wording makes it sound like Bulgarian is a Turkic language. I assume you know that it's a Slavic language, I just want to clarify for others reading the thread. Bulgarian has many Turkish loanwords, but that doesn't make it a Turkic language.

[oryx_and_crake]

You are quite right in saying that Bulgarian is not a Turkic language. My choice of wording was somewhat unclear. However, I would not be surprised to know someone Bulgarian (or from Balkans in general, as arenhaime said below) with a Turkic-rooted surname.
As to Baisiki not sounding Turkish - I never said it was a Turkish word. I said that the syllable "Бай" makes me think that it comes from a Turkic language, because бай is without doubt a Turkic word. Certainly байсики does not sound like anything Russian or Slavonic at all.

[freiburg234.livejournal.com]

It could very well be of Turkic origin. You know, the Turks did move around a lot. In Southern Germany and Austria there are Germans with Turkic last names dating back several centuries. I guess the same analogy holds true for natives of the Balkan region, and possibly other areas as far north as Scandinavia.

[solaq.livejournal.com]

It's not russian. Sorry, I don't know it's origin exactly.

[oryx_and_crake]

"The person with this last name is definitely from Eastern Europe."

This does not mean anything, you know. People tend to move around a lot.

[arenhaime.livejournal.com]

I'd agree that it looks like a last name taken from a Turkic language.
Eastern Europe - probably Balkans? Than turkish origin of the last name is more than possible.

[lia910.livejournal.com]

I do agree that the way you wrote this name is pronounced isn't of Russian or Slavonic origin. Are you sure you caught the pronuciation right? (Just a supposition).

ps It's ПривЕт, not ПривЁт :)

[smartkitty-86.livejournal.com]

Ah, thank you. I've fixed it :)

[pancratium.livejournal.com]

Slavic/Russian surnames may have ending of -ий. First that comes in my mind something like Байсаковский.

[oryx_and_crake]

Hm, that's a good idea... Can the name in question be Байский or Барский?

[smartkitty-86.livejournal.com]

It could very well be Байский, although the person who's asking just told me it's definitely with an "i" - Birsky or Bisky, he wasn't sure. He's not being terribly helpful :(

Does any of it ring a bell?

[oryx_and_crake]

It's too vague, sorry. Could be anything.

[juliacw.livejournal.com]

Барсик?
Popular russian name for cat :)

[smartkitty-86.livejournal.com]

That's an adorable icon