“Asok” or “Asoke” is the same name. There’s a major street in Bangkok, Thailand called “Soi Asoke”.
Asok is an Indian intern in the Dilbert comic strip.[1][2] His first appearance was March 18, 1996.[3] He is a brilliant graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology.[4][5]
The character is named after a friend and co-worker of strip creator Scott Adams at Pacific Bell.[6] “Asok” is a common Indian name, though it is usually spelled “Ashok” and pronounced “Ah-shok”.
The name is an English variation of the name of the first major emperor of India, Emperor Ashoka.