Sorkin

Sorkin (; feminine form: Sorkina) is a matronymic Russian Jewish surname meaning "son of Sorka", where Sorka is a Yiddish diminutive of Sarah. Variants include Surkin and Syrkin.

Notable people with the surname include: *Aaron Sorkin (born 1961), American screenwriter, producer, and playwright *Amy Davidson Sorkin (born 1969/1970), American journalist *Andrew Ross Sorkin (born 1977), American journalist *Arleen Sorkin (1956–2023), American actress *David Sorkin, American historian * (born 1971), Belarusian historian *Ira Sorkin (born 1943), American attorney *Ihor Sorkin (born 1967), chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine *Jenni Sorkin (born 1977), American art historian *Leonard Sorkin (1916–1985), American violinist *Marc Sorkin (1902–1986), Russian-American film director *Michael Sorkin (1948–2020), American architect *Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, American classicist *Naum Sorkin (1899–1980), Soviet general *Rafael Sorkin (born 1945), American physicist *Roman Sorkin (born 1996), Israeli basketball player Provided by Wikipedia