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Budrys

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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:

Fictional characters

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

See also

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References

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