Given name & surname
Vuk
“resembling a wolf”
Vuk is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “resembling a wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “resembling a wolf.”
Where it comes from
Vuk comes from Slavic, and ultimately from Slavic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vuk through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 251
- 251 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #7,163 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +18%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,163 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 17.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vuk’s family of names
In German usage, Vuk has a related form in Wolf. Vuk has a related form in Vukasin.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vuk
- Vuk KaradžićSerbian philologist and linguist1787–1864
- Vuk DraškovićSerbian politician and writerborn 1946
- Vuk JeremićSerbian politicianborn 1975
- Vuk BrankovićSerbian medieval nobleman (1345-1397)
- Vuk Grgurevićtitular Despot of Serbia from 1471 until his death in 1485
- Vuk RašovićSerbian footballerborn 1973
- Vuk VrčevićSerbian writer (1811–1882)
- Vuk MitoševićSerbian football playerborn 1991
- Vuk LazarevićSerbian prince1380–1410
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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