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Maidanik, Maidannik and Maidanchik (Майданик, Майданник, Майданчик) are Jewish surnames originated in the Russian Empire. Maidannik or Maidannik is also a Ukrainian surname. They were derived from the Ukrainian word maidannink, which means "worker in tar". In the Russian language, maidannik also means "con man operating in a marketplace" (from the word "maidan"). A similar sounding Croatian surname is Maidandzic (Majdandžić), possibly unrelated.

Maidanik or Maydanik may refer to:

• Kiva Maidanik, a Soviet Russian historian and political scientist
• Yuri Maidanik, inventor of the loop heat pipe and a 1999 recipient of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in science and technology

Maidannik or Maydannik may refer to:

• Igor Maidannik, executive vice president for legal support of the TNK-BP Russian oil company

References

1. "What Does Surname Maidannik Mean?" (in Russian)
2. "Maydannik" (in Ukrainian)
3. "Maidannik, Maidanshchik" Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, citing from Новый полный словарь иностранных слов вошедших в русский язык с указанием происхождения их, ударений, отраслей знания и с расширенной энциклопедической частью. Compiled by Е. Ефремов. Editor I. A. Baudouin de Courtenay. Second edition, 1912 (in Russian)

• Surnames
• Surnames of Jewish origin
• Ukrainian-language surnames