Vorobeichik, Vorobeytschik, Barabeitchik and other variants derived from Russian: 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 [ru]

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