Given name & surname · also Russian
Bich
“whip, scorge”
Bich is a surname from Russian (ultimately Proto-Slavic). It is used in English and French.
Original RussianБич
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bich goes back to Russian Бич, meaning “whip, scorge.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Bich comes from Russian, and ultimately from Proto-Slavic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bich through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 0 boys · 142 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1992. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,216 as a first name in 2020; 167 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bich’s family of names
In English usage, Bich as a surname has a related form in BIC. In English usage, Bich as a surname was borrowed from the Russian form Бич.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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