Jokić (; sr-cyr, Јокић) is a Serbian surname, a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

derived from ''Joko'', itself a diminutive of masculine given name ''Jokan''. Notable people with the surname include: *

Bojan Jokić Bojan Jokić (born 17 May 1986) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or left-back. Jokić amassed 100 caps with the Slovenia national team between 2006 and 2019. Club career Jokić made his senior debut in ...

(born 1986), Slovenian footballer *

Dallas Jokic Arthur Timothy Read is a fictional anthropomorphic aardvark created by the author Marc Brown. The main character of the book and television series ''Arthur'', he is in the third grade and lives in the fictional city of Elwood City. Physical ...

, American voice actor *

Đorđe Jokić Đorđe Jokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Јокић; born 20 January 1981) is a Serbian former professional footballer. He played as a defender most of career. Club career Jokić began playing football with Bane, before transferring to OF ...

(born 1981), Serbian footballer * Ljubiša Jokić (born 1958), Serbian former general * Marko Jokić (born 1999), Croatian footballer who played for

NK Zagreb Nogometni klub Zagreb (''Zagreb Football Club''), commonly known as NK Zagreb or simply Zagreb (), is a Croatian football club based in the capital city of Zagreb. It currently competes in the fifth tier league competition of Croatian footbal ...

and NK Rudes *

Mihailo Jokić Mihailo Jokić ( sr-cyr, Михаило Јокић; born 14 September 1948) is a Serbian educator and politician. He briefly served as Serbia's minister of education in a transitional government that was established after the fall of Slobodan Milo ...

(born 1948), Serbian educator and politician *

Milan Jokić Milan Jokić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Јокић; born 21 March 1995) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Mladost Novi Sad. Career He joined Red Star Belgrade from the Partizan youth categories before the 2013–1 ...

(born 1995), Serbian football midfielder *

Miloš Jokić Miloš Jokić ( sr-cyr, Милош Јокић; born 7 June 1987) is a professional Serbian footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are associati ...

(born 1987), Serbian footballer *

Miodrag Jokić Miodrag Jokić (25 February 1935 – 22 October 2022) was the last commander of the Yugoslav Navy. The International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) sentenced him to 7 years in prison for murder, cruel treatment, attacks on civilians, d ...

(1935–2022), the last commander of the Yugoslav Navy *

Nikola Jokić Nikola Jokić ( ; sr-Cyrl, Никола Јокић ; born February 19, 1995) is a Serbian professional basketball player who is a Center (basketball), center for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the ...

(born 1995), Serbian basketball player *

Predrag Jokić Predrag Jokić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Sum ...

(born 1983), Montenegrin water polo player

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