Gorelik

Gorelik or Gorelick (Горелик; Гарэлік: Harelik) is a Jewish occupational surname historically denoting a vodka distiller or trader. Its etymology is Slavic, from Belarusian harelka (гарэлка), a calque from Polish gorzałka, itself from German geprant Wein 'burnt wine'. Morphologically it resembles a Russian adjective meaning 'burnt' with the noun-forming suffix -ik. The latter is sometimes Anglicized, producing -ick. Notable people with the surname include:


 * Adrián Gorelik (born 1957), Argentine architect
 * Aleksandr Gorelik (1945–2012), Soviet pair skater
 * Anastasiya Harelik (born 1991), Belarusian volleyball player
 * Anatolii Horelik (1890–1956), Ukrainian activist
 * Gennady Gorelik (born 1948), Russian physicist and philosopher
 * Jamie Gorelick (born 1950), American attorney
 * Kenny G (born as Kenneth Gorelick in 1956), American saxophonist
 * Lena Gorelik (born 1981), German writer
 * Lev Gorelik (born 1992), Russian footballer
 * Lolita Milyavskaya (born as Lolita Markovna Gorelik in 1963), Russian singer, actress, TV and film director
 * Mark Harelik (born 1951), American actor
 * Mikhail Gorelik (born 1958), Soviet swimmer
 * Mordecai Gorelik (1899–1990), American theatrical designer, producer, and director
 * Olga Gorelik, Belarusian-born American pianist
 * Sarah Gorelick (1933–2020), American pilot and one of the Mercury 13 female astronauts group
 * Shirley Gorelick (1924–2000), American artist
 * Wolf Gorelik (1933–2013), Russian conductor
 * Victor Gorelick (1941–2020), American comic book editor and executive
 * Yerucham Gorelick (1911–1983), American rabbi
 * Zalman Gorelik (1908–1987), Belarusian geologist