Norkus
Norkus is a Lithuanian language family name. This surname originates from a nickname which is a derivative of the Lithuanian pre-Christian name Norkantas, which includes the stem noras ‘wish’, ‘desire’, ‘will’ or noréti ‘to want’.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aušrinė Norkienė
- Caleb Norkus, an American soccer player
- Herbert Norkus, a Nazi martyr, a Hitler Youth member murdered by German Communists
- Kiley Norkus, American women's soccer player
- , Poloish polityologist and sociologist
- Ruta Norkiene, a Lithuanian female curler
- Vytautas Norkus, a 1939 Lithuania national basketball team player