Suk (name) explained

Suk is a both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

Europe

In central and eastern Europe, the surname comes from Czech suk ("knot" in wood), as well as Ukrainian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian cognates, ultimately from Proto-Slavic

• sǫkъ

. The surname is gender-neutral in many countries but a feminine form is used in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Suková. The Polish equivalent is Sęk.

• Cyril Suk (born 1967), Czech tennis player
• Feliks Suk (1845–1915), Croatian university professor
• František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
• Grigoriy Suk (1896–1917), Russian aviator
• Josef Suk (composer) (1874–1935), Czech composer of classical music
• Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), Czech violinist, grandson of Josef Suk, the composer
• Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian pianist
• Oleh Suk (born 1965), Ukrainian rock musician
• Václav Suk (1861–1933), Czech violinist and composer
• Vávra Suk (born 1973), Czech-born Swedish politician

Other countries

• Suk (Korean name), uncommon Korean surname
• Jeannie Suk (born 1973), American law professor
• Joey Suk (born 1989), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
• Julie Suk (born 1924), American poet
• Sao Seng Suk (1935–2007), Shan Burmese leader

Given name

• Suk Bahadur, a Burmese footballer who served as the captain of Myanmar national football team (1952-1970)
• Suk Bahadur Rai, only Gurkha to have received the Aung San Thuriya medal
• Suk Sam Eng, Cambodian politician