American Family Name Origins:
Karasik
Frequency: (213)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) and Czech: from a diminutive of karas ‘crucian carp’ (see Karas), presumably a metonymic occupational name for a carp fisher or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish. As a Jewish name it is mainly an ornamental name.
2. Czech: from a derivative of the personal name Karel.
GIVEN NAMES: Russian 16%; Jewish 16%.Boris (6), Leonid (2), Mikhail (2), Yefim (2), Aleksandr, Anatoly, Arkady, Dmitriy, Lev, Semyon, Vladimir, Vladmir; Isak (2), Fira, Hillel, Hyman, Iren, Isaak, Marat, Miriam, Naum, Shira.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
