Soloveitchik (Hebrew: סולובייצ'יק Yiddish: סאָלאָווייטשיק) (also Soloveichik) is a surname. The name is a diminutive form of the Russian word соловей, "nightingale", since the Soloveitchiks are a family of Levites, who are commanded by the Torah to sing in the Beit Hamikdash. It is notably the name of a rabbinic family descended from Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (Beis Halevi) (1820-1892). Members include:
Ahron Soloveichik (1917-2001)Avraham Yehoshua SoloveitchikBerel Soloveitchik (1915-1981)Chaim Soloveitchik (1853-1918)Eliyahu Soloveitchik (Elijah Zevi) (1805-1881)Haym Soloveitchik (1937- )Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993)Meir SoloveichikMoshe Soloveichik (1879-1941)Meshulam Dovid SoloveitchikPeter Salovey (1958- ) (unlike the other names listed here, Salovey is not a descendant of Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, but rather of his uncle Elijah Zevi)Refoel Soloveitchik (1926-1996)Samuel Soloveichik (1909-1967)Yitzchok Zev Soloveitchik (1886-1959)