Budrys Explained

Budrys is a Lithuanian surname. It evolved from the ancient Lithuanian personal name Budrys.^[1] The patronymic surname Budraitis is derived from this given name.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Algirdas Budrys (born 1939), Lithuanian musician
• Algis Budrys (1931–2008), Lithuanian-American writer
• (born 1976), Lithuanian economist, politician, MP
• (born 1966), Lithuanian radio, TV show and event host and presenter, and politician
• Eugenijus Mindaugas Budrys (1925–2007), Lithuanian painter
• Ignas Budrys (1933–1999), Lithuanian painter
• Jonas Budrys (1889–1964), counterintelligence officer and later a Lithuanian diplomat
• Povilas Budrys (born 1962), Lithuanian actor and artist
• Viktorija Budrytė-Winnersjo (born 1989), Lithuanian footballer

Fictional characters

• Budrys, from Adam Mickiewicz's poem The Three Budrys, who lent his name to a jocular Polish term for "Lithuanian person"

Notes and References

1. Juozas Kudirka, The Lithuanians:An Ethnic Portrait, section Lithuanian surnames (translation of the book: Juozas Kudirka, Lietuviai: etniniai bruožai, 1991)