Norkus Explained

Norkus is a Lithuanian language family name.^[1] This surname originates from a nickname which is 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
• Charley Norkus (N.C. State College football player, running back): (c) 1920s
• Charley Norkus, professional boxer: (c) 1950s

Notes and References

1. American surnames, by Elsdon Coles Smith, 1986,, p. 83