Bąk (Polish pronunciation: ) is a

Polish surname Polish names have two main elements: the given name, and the surname. The usage of personal names in Poland is generally governed by civil law (legal system), civil law, church law, personal taste and family custom. The law requires a given nam ...

. It is sometimes written as

Bonk Bonk may refer to: People * Bonk (surname) Arts and entertainment * Bonk (video game series), ''Bonk'' (video game series), a caveman character and video game series *Bonk!, a soft drink company in the first-person shooting game ''Team Fort ...

due to its pronunciation. In Polish, the word has several meanings, including

Botaurus ''Botaurus'' is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading birds in the heron family Ardeidae. The genus includes species that were previously placed in the genus ''Ixobrychus''. Taxonomy The genus ''Botaurus'' was introduced in 1819 by the Englis ...

(a genus of birds in the

heron Herons are long-legged, long-necked, freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 75 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons. Members of the genus ''Botaurus'' are referred to as bi ...

family),

horse-fly Horse flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect Order (biology), order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only females bite land vertebrates, including humans, to hematophagy, obtain blood ...

, child, and

bumblebee A bumblebee (or bumble bee, bumble-bee, or humble-bee) is any of over 250 species in the genus ''Bombus'', part of Apidae, one of the bee families. This genus is the only Extant taxon, extant group in the tribe Bombini, though a few extinct r ...

People

* Agnieszka Dziemianowicz-Bąk (born 1984), Polish politician * Arkadiusz Bąk (born 1974), Polish footballer * Bożena Bąk (born 1966), Polish badminton player * Henryk Bąk (1923–1987), Polish actor * Ignacy Bąk (born 1995), Polish handball player * Jacek Bąk (born 1973), Polish footballer * Jacek Bąk (footballer, born 1962), Polish footballer *

Jakub Bąk Jakub Bąk (born 28 May 1993) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for III liga club Wiślanie Skawina. Career Club He started his career with Stal Rzeszów. He made his debut for Korona Kielce on 5 March 2011 in a 3 ...

(born 1993), Polish footballer * Justyna Bąk (born 1974), Polish long-distance runner * Krystian Bąk (born 1956), Polish field hockey player * Krzysztof Bąk (born 1982), Polish footballer * Mateusz Bąk (born 1983), Polish footballer * Mirosław Bąk (born 1961), Polish footballer * Thomas Bak (born 1978), Polish-born German artist

People

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