Last 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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