Vuk

Where Vuk comes from

The dictionaries list Vuk as a given name — a male given name from the Slavic languages — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Slavic
Along the way
  1. 2005
    First appearance
    #9,115 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #4,141
    24 babies named Vuk — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #7,289.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Vuk hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.