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.
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Cyril Suk
Cyril Suk III (born 29 January 1967) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, Suk won five Grand Slam titles, one men's doubles and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles and 32 ATP Tour doubles titles during his caree ...
(born 1967), Czech tennis player
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Feliks Suk (1845–1915), Croatian university professor
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František Janda-Suk (1878–1955), Czech athlete
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Grigoriy Suk (1896–1917), Russian aviator
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Josef Suk (composer)
Josef Suk (4 January 1874 – 29 May 1935) was a Czech composer, violinist, and Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics, Olympic silver medalist. He studied under Antonín Dvořák, whose daughter he married.
Biography
From a young age, J ...
(1874–1935), Czech composer of classical music
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Josef Suk (violinist) (1929–2011), Czech violinist, grandson of Josef Suk, the composer
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Mykola Suk (born 1945), Ukrainian pianist
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Oleh Suk (born 1965), Ukrainian rock musician
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Václav Suk (1861–1933), Czech violinist and composer
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Vávra Suk (born 1973), Czech-born Swedish politician
Other countries
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Suk (Korean name), uncommon Korean surname
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Jeannie Suk (born 1973), American law professor
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Joey Suk (born 1989), Dutch-Indonesian footballer
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Julie Suk (born 1924), American poet
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Sao Seng Suk (1935–2007), Shan Burmese leader
Given name
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Suk Bahadur, a Burmese footballer who served as the captain of Myanmar national football team (1952-1970)
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Suk Bahadur Rai
Private Aung San Thuriya Suk Bahadur Rai (, Burmese: ဆွတ်(ခ်)ဗဟာဒူးရိုင်း) (serial No.(kyee) 01914) was the only Gurkha (ဂေါ်ရခါး in Burmese) to have received Aung San Thuriya medal, the h ...
, only Gurkha to have received the Aung San Thuriya medal
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Suk Sam Eng, Cambodian politician
See also
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{{given name, type=both
Czech-language surnames
Ukrainian-language surnames