Đoković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђоковић, ; also

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Djokovic or Djokovich) is a

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, derived from the male given name ''Đoka'' (Ђока)/''Đoko'' (Ђоко)", itself a

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of the name ''

Đorđe Đorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе; transliterated Djordje) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, common in Serbian. It is derived from Greek ''Georgios'' ('' George'' in English). Other variants include: Đurđe, Đurađ, Đura, Đuro, Geo ...

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in English). Notable people with the surname include: *

Novak Djokovic Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...

(born 1987), Serbian tennis player *

Srdjan Djokovic Srdjan Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Срђан Ђоковић, Srđan Đoković, separator=" / "; born 25 April 1961) is a Serbian entrepreneur and former professional skier and skiing coach. He is best known as the father of tennis players Novak, D ...

(born 1961) Novak's father * Bob Djokovich (born 1956), American handballer * Aleksandar Đoković (born 1991), Serbian footballer *

Damjan Đoković Damjan Đoković ( sr-Cyrl, Дамјан Ђоковић, Damjan Djoković; born 18 April 1990) is a Croatian professional association football, footballer who plays as midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj. Born in Croatia, Đoković represented ...

(born 1990), Croatian footballer * Ilija Đoković (born 1996), Serbian basketball player * Ivan Đoković (born 1982), Serbian footballer * Hasim Đoković (born 1974), Montenegrin footballer * Marko Đoković (born 1991), Serbian tennis player, brother of Novak * Olga Đoković (born 1945), Yugoslavian basketball player * Đorđe Đoković (born 1995), Serbian tennis player, brother of Novak * Radovan Đoković (born 1996), Serbian basketball player *

Veselin Đoković Veselin Đoković ( sr-Cyrl, Веселин Ђоковић; also transliterated Veselin Djoković; born 18 February 1976) is a former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Despite having been born in Serbia, he is often regarded ...

(born 1976), Serbian footballer *

Jasna Đoković Jasna Đoković is a Montenegrin professional football midfielder who plays for Croatian club ŽNK Split ŽNK Split is a Croatian professional women's association football club based in Split, Croatia, Split. The club was founded in 2009 and it ...

(born 1991), Montenegrin professional football player

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