Suk (name)

Suk is a both a surname and a given name.

Surname

Suk is a common Czech surname (feminine: Suková). 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 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 (born 1967), Czech tennis player
• Feliks Suk (1845–1915), Croatian university professor
• FrantiÅ¡ek Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
• Grigoriy Suk (1896–1917), Russian aviator
• Helena Suková (born 1965), Czech tennis player
• Jeannie Suk (born 1973), American-Korean law professor
• Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer of classical music
• Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), Czech violinist
• Joey Suk (born 1989), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
• Julie Suk (1924–2025), American poet
• Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian pianist
• Oleh Suk (born 1965), Ukrainian rock musician
• Sao Seng Suk (1935–2007), Shan Burmese leader
• Václav Suk (1861–1933), Czech violinist and composer
• Vávra Suk (born 1973), Czech-born Swedish politician
• Věra Suková (1931–1982), Czech tennis player

Given name

• Suk Bahadur, Burmese footballer
• Suk Bahadur Rai, Burmese Gurkha soldier
• Suk Sam Eng, Cambodian politician

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