Norkus
| Norkus | |
|---|---|
| Lithuanian surname | |
| m.: | Norkus |
| f.: (unmarried) | Norkutė |
| f.: (married) | Norkienė |
| f.: (short) | Norkė |
| Origin | diminutive of the Lithuanian given name Norkantas[1] |
Norkus is a Lithuanian language family name.[1] This surname originates from a nickname which is a derivative of the Lithuanian pre-Christian name Norkantas, which includes the stem noras ‘wish’, ‘desire’, ‘will’ or noréti ‘to want’.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Aušrinė Norkienė
- Caleb Norkus, an American soccer player
- Herbert Norkus, a Nazi martyr, a Hitler Youth member murdered by German Communists
- Kiley Norkus, American women's soccer player
- Renata Mieńkowska-Norkiene (born 11980), Poloish polityologist and sociologist
- Ruta Norkiene, a Lithuanian female curler
- Vytautas Norkus, a 1939 Lithuania national basketball team player
See also
- All pages with titles containing Norkus
- All pages with titles containing Norkiene
- All pages with titles containing Norkute
- All pages with titles containing Nowke