Norkus
Appearance
Norkus | |
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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 derivative of noras ‘wish’, ‘desire’, ‘will’ or noréti ‘to want’.
It may refer to:
- Caleb Norkus, an American soccer player
- Herbert Norkus, a Nazi martyr, a Hitler Youth member murdered by German Communists
- Vytautas Norkus, a 1939 Lithuania national basketball team player
- Ruta Norkiene, a Lithuanian female curler
References
- ^ a b American surnames, by Elsdon Coles Smith, 1986, ISBN 0806311509, p. 83