Given name & surname

Folker

“a guardian of the people”

Folker is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a guardian of the people.”

Original GermanVolker

Meaning & origin

What it means

One German interpretation is “a guardian of the people.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is German.

How it developed

From German Volker.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Folker’s family of names

In German usage, Folker has a related form in Volker. Folker has a related form in Flokar. Folker has a related form in Floke.

Walk Folker’s family in the name graph

FolkerΦόλκερVolkerFolkeFulcherFolkoFlokeFlokorFlokyrFlokirFlokurFlokarFlokerFolkosFolkusFolkyr

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Sibling ideas

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