Belak Family History
Belak Name Meaning
Slovak (Belák rarely Beľák) Czech (Bělák Belák) Slovenian and Croatian: nickname for a fair-haired or pale-skinned man derived from (a dialect form of) Slovak biely Czech bílý Slovenian bel Croatian bijel ‘white light fair’. It is (or was) also used of animals e.g. in Slovak for a white horse. The Sorbian cognate Bělak is apparently found in Germanized and Americanized forms only (see Bellach Bellack and Bellock ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022