Vorobeichik

Vorobeichik, Vorobeytschik, Barabeitchik and other variants derived from Воробейчик is a Jewish family name. Literally it means "little sparrow", however it is not a standard diminutive, which would be "vorobyshek"/"vorobushek". A similarly constructed surname is Soloveichik ("little nightingale"). Notable people with the surname include:

A branch of this family moved to Mexico in the 1920s and the last name was changed to “Berebichez”. There are several prominent members of the family.


 * Issay Dobrowen (1891-1953), born Itschok Barabeitchik,  Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor
 * Moi Ver (1904-1995), born Moses Vorobeichic, Israeli photographer and painter
 * Yevgeny Vorobeichik, general director of Russian oil company Alliance (company)

Fictional characters

 * Orderly Vorobeichik, a character from the 1960 Soviet film Probation
 * Inspector Venceslas Vorobeychik from the 1942 French comedy thriller The Murderer Lives at Number 21
 * Midshipman Vorobeichik, a character in the novel Tsushima by Alexey Novikov-Priboy