Sokol (surname)
Sokol is a masculine first name and family name.
Origin and Meaning
Sokol is the transcription of the Slavic word Сокол, which means " the falcon " is. It is common in many Slavic languages and accordingly a family, place and field name in Slavic and in neighboring areas (eg in Austria ).
In Albania the first name also has the derived meaning of falcon brave hero.
Variants
- Sokol ( Polish)
- Sokil (Ukrainian Сокіл )
- Falcon, Falk ( German )
- Sokoli (Albanian, some form of Sokol )
- Sokoll ( East Prussian )
Bearers of the name
Family name
- Andrea Sokol ( b. 1973 ), German actress and presenter
- Antonín Sokol (1847-1889), Swedish journalist and author
- Bernadin Sokol (1888-1944), Croatian composer and religious
- Bettina Sokol ( b. 1960 ), the data protection officer of the State of North Rhine -Westphalia
- Erich Sokol (1933-2003), Austrian illustrator and cartoonist
- Hersch Sokol (1908-1943), Polish physician and radio operator of the Red Chapel
- January Sokol (architect ) ( 1904-1987 ), Czech architect
- Ján Sokol ( b. 1933 ), Slovak Archbishop
- January Sokol (philosopher ) ( b. 1936 ), Czech philosopher, university teacher and politician
- January Sokol ( cyclist ) (* 1990), Austrian cyclist
- January Sokol z Lamberka (~ 1355-1410 ), Czech military commander, see Sokol Johann von Lamberg
- Josef Wendelin Sokol (1821-1858), Czech composer and violinist
- Koloman Sokol (1902-2003), Slovak artists
- Martin Sokol (1901-1957), Czechoslovakian and Slovak politician and lawyer
- Miriam Sokol († 1943), Résistancekämpferin
- Rudolf Sokol (1887-1974), painter
- Vilem Sokol (1915-2011), American musician and high school teachers
- Viktor Petrovich Sokol (born 1954 ), Belarusian football player and coach
First name
- Sokol Olldashi (1972-2013), Albanian politicians