Medvid

English

Alternative forms

• Medwid, Medved

Etymology

As a Carpathian Rusyn and Ukrainian surname, from медвідь (medvidʹ), from Proto-Slavic *medvědь (“bear”). Also found as a Serbo-Croatian variant of Medved, of the same meaning. Compare Medwid.

Proper noun

Medvid (plural Medvids)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Medvid”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 565.