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
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