Skok Explained

Skok
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /ru/
Meaning:	jump, leap
Region:	Europe
Language origin:	Slovenian, Croatian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian
See also:	Springer (surname), Jumper

Skok (Cyrillic: Скок) is a Slovenian, Croatian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Russian surname^[1] derived from the Slavic word skok for "leap, jump" or more precisely the Slovene word skočiti for "to jump, to leap" that has its highest density in Slovenia, where it was used in the 15th and 16th century as a nickname for a Christian refugee from the Turks who had fled the territories conquered by the Ottoman Empire to the southeast.^[2]
Notable people with the name Skok include:

• Craig Skok (born 1947), American former baseball player
• Janez Skok (born 1963), Slovenian slalom canoeist
• Joža Skok (1931–2017), Croatian literary historian
• Matevž Skok (born 1986), Slovenian handball player
• Petar Skok (1881–1956), Croatian linguist
• Viacheslav Skok (born 1946), Russian water polo player

Notes and References

1. Web site: Skok Surname . forebears.io . October 7, 2019 . Approximately 8,446 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Russia; Highest density in: Slovenia..
2. Web site: Skok Name Meaning . ancestry.com . October 7, 2019 . Slovenian: nickname for a refugee from the Turks in the 15th and 16th century, from a derivative of uskociti 'to flee'..