Vovk
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Vovk is a surname of Ukrainian origin that means wolf . It currently predominates among East and South Slavs in Ukraine , Belarus , Slovenia , and Croatia . Notable people with the surname include:
Aleš Vovk , member of Slovene duo Maraaya
Andrey Vovk (born 1991), Ukrainian chess player
Andriy Vovk, Ukrainian defence minister
Angelina Vovk (born 1942) presenter for the Soviet Central Television
Anton Vovk (1900–1963), Slovenian Roman Catholic archbishop
Fedir Vovk (1847–1918), Ukrainian anthropologist, archaeologist and museum curator
Frančiška Vovk (1860–1932), Slovenian poet and lyricist
Marjetka Vovk , member of Slovene duo Maraaya
Melita Vovk (1928–2020), Slovenian painter and illustrator
Vira Vovk (1926–2022), Ukrainian-born Brazilian writer, critic and translator
Yuri Vovk (born 1988), Ukrainian chess player
Petar Vovk (1926–2020), Croatian architect
See also
Family names derived from the word "
wolf "
Celtic Germanic
Rudolph , Ralph , Ludolf Adolf North Germanic: Lyall , Varg , Warg
Ulfsson
West Germanic: De Wolf , De Wolfe , Love , Volf , Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Wölfli , Wölfflin , Wolfs , Woolf , Woolfe , Wulf , Wulff , Wulfson
Wolfowitz , Wolfsohn , Wolfson , Wolfram
Wolfermann
Romance
Latin: Lupus
French: Leleu , Leloup , Loup , Louvel , Lowell
Iberian: Lobato , Lobo , Lopes , López
Italian: Lovato , Lupo
Romanian: Lupescu , Lupu , Lupul , Lupulescu
Slavic
East Slavic: Biryuk , Biryukov , Volchek , Volchenkov , Volchkov , Volchok , Volk , Volkov (Volkoff , Wolkoff ), Volkovich , Vovk , Vovchok
South Slavic: Vučević , Vučić , Vučko , Vučetić /Vuchetich Vučković , Vujić , Vukašinović , Vukasović , Vukčević , Vukić , Vukičević , Vukićević , Vuković /Vukovich , Vuksanović
West Slavic: Vlček , Vlk , Wilczek , Wilczyński , Wilk , Wolkowicz
Other
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