Budrys

Budrys
Lithuanian surname
m.:Budrys
f.: (unmarried)Budrytė
f.: (married)Budrienė
f.: (short)Budrė

Budrys is a Lithuanian surname. It evolved from the ancient Lithuanian personal name Budrys.[1] The patronymic surname Budraitis is derived from this given name.

Notable people with the surname include:

  • Algirdas Budrys (born 1939), Lithuanian musician
  • Algis Budrys (1931–2008), Lithuanian-American writer
  • Dainius Budrys [lt] (born 1976), Lithuanian economist, politician, MP
  • Daiva Tamošiūnaitė-Budrė [lt] (born 1966), Lithuanian radio, TV show and event host and presenter, and politician
  • Eugenijus Mindaugas Budrys (1925–2007), Lithuanian painter
  • Ignas Budrys (1933–1999), Lithuanian painter
  • Jonas Budrys (1889–1964), counterintelligence officer and later a Lithuanian diplomat
  • Povilas Budrys (born 1962), Lithuanian actor and artist
  • Viktorija Budrytė-Winnersjo (born 1989), Lithuanian footballer

Fictional characters

  • Budrys, from Adam Mickiewicz's poem The Three Budrys, who lent his name to a jocular Polish term for "Lithuanian person"

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Budrys
  • All pages with titles containing Budrienė
  • All pages with titles containing Budrytė
  • All pages with titles containing Budrė

References

  1. ^ Juozas Kudirka , The Lithuanians:An Ethnic Portrait, section Lithuanian surnames (translation of the book: Juozas Kudirka, Lietuviai: etniniai bruožai, 1991)
Surname list
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