Sokol (name)

Sokol is a male given name and family name .

Origin and meaning

Sokol is the transcription of the Slavic word Сокол , which means "the falcon ". It is common in many Slavic languages and is accordingly a family, place and field name in Slavic and in neighboring areas (e.g. in Austria).

In Albanian , the first name also has the meaning of brave hero derived from falcon .

variants

Sokół (Polish)
Sokil (Ukrainian Сокіл )
Falke , Falk (German)
Sokoli (Albanian, certain form of Sokol)
Sokoll (East Prussian)

Name bearer

family name

Andrea Sokol (* 1973), German actress and presenter
Antonín Sokol (1847–1889), Czech journalist and author
Bernadin Sokol (1888–1944), Croatian composer and religious
Bettina Sokol (* 1959), data protection officer for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Erich Sokol (1933–2003), Austrian illustrator and caricaturist
Hersch Sokol (1908–1943), Polish doctor and radio operator of the Red Orchestra
Jan Sokol (architect) (1904–1987), Czech architect
Ján Sokol (* 1933), Slovak Archbishop
Jan Sokol (philosopher) (* 1936), Czech philosopher, university professor and politician
Jan Sokol (cyclist) (* 1990), Austrian cyclist
Jan Sokol (musician) (1961–2005), Austrian musician and actor
Jan Sokol z Lamberka (~ 1355–1410), Czech military leader, see Johann Sokol von Lamberg
Josef Wendelin Sokol (1821–1858), Bohemian composer and violinist
Karel Stanislav Sokol (1867–1922), Czech politician, journalist and publisher
Koloman Sokol (1902–2003), Slovak artist
Mark Sokol (1946-2014), American violinist
Martin Sokol (1901–1957), Czechoslovak and Slovak politician and lawyer
Miriam Sokol († 1943), resistance fighter
Natalja Sokol (* 1980), Russian artist and activist
Rudolf Sokol (1887–1974), painter
Svyatoslaw Michailowitsch Sokol (* 1946), Russian politician
Vilem Sokol (1915–2011), American musician and university professor
Viktor Petrovich Sokol (* 1954), Belarusian football player and coach

First name

Sokol Cikalleshi (* 1990), Albanian football player
Sokol Kacani (* 1984), Albanian football player
Sokol Olldashi (1972–2013), Albanian politician

Individual evidence

↑ Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler , Gerda Uhlisch: Concise Dictionary Albanisch . Ed .: Langenscheidt-Redaktion. Langenscheidt, Berlin, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-468-05395-5 .