Suk (name)
Suk is a both a surname and a given name.
Surname
Suk is a common Czech surname. It literally means 'knot in wood', but it originated as a nickname for a stubborn, tough or healthy person. In the Czech lands, the surname was first documented in 1543. A Czech diminutive of Suk is Souček.The word suk and the surname Suk is derived from Proto-Slavic *sǫkъ and also appears in other Slavic languages, including Russian, Ukrainian and Serbo-Croatian. The Polish equivalent is Sęk.
Suk also appears as a surname in Southeast Asian languages. It is an alternative spelling of the Korean name Seok.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player
- Feliks Suk, Croatian university professor
- František Janda-Suk, Czech athlete
- Grigoriy Suk, Russian aviator
- Helena Suková, Czech tennis player
- Jeannie Suk, American-Korean law professor
- Josef Suk (composer), Czech composer of classical music
- Josef Suk (violinist), Czech violinist
- Joey Suk, Dutch-Indonesian footballer
- Julie Suk, American poet
- Mykola Suk, Ukrainian pianist
- Oleh Suk, Ukrainian rock musician
- Sao Seng Suk, Shan Burmese leader
- Václav Suk, Czech violinist and composer
- Vávra Suk, Czech-born Swedish politician
- Věra Suková, Czech tennis player
Given name
- Suk Bahadur, Burmese footballer
- Suk Bahadur Rai, Burmese Gurkha soldier
- Suk Sam Eng, Cambodian politician