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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : metronymic from Beylke, a pet form of the Yiddish female personal name Beyle (see Belin), with the Slavic suffix -in.
  • Russian : patronymic from the nickname Belka meaning ‘squirrel’ (a derivative of bely ‘white’, referring to the animal’s white stomach).

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