Banik Family History
Banik Name Meaning
Slovak Rusyn (from Slovakia) and Czech (Moravian) (mainly Baník Slovak also Bánik): occupational name for a miner from baník ‘miner’. For Rusyn name see also Polish: derivative of the personal name Ban or since it is used almost exclusively in the southern part of Poland an adaptation of Czech or Slovak Baník ‘miner’ (see 1 above). Ukrainian and Rusyn (standard transliteration Banyk): nickname from banyk a term denoting a kind of curd tart. See also 1 above. Indian (Bengal Assam and Orissa) and Bangladeshi: Baishya occupational name from Sanskrit vaṇik ‘merchant’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022