Given name & surname · also Old Dutch
Folkmar
“famous”
Folkmar is a masculine given name from Old Dutch, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and West Frisian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Folkmar comes from Old Dutch, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Dutch *Folcmār, from Proto-West Germanic *Folkmārī, from Old Dutch folc.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Folkmar’s family of names
In German usage, Folkmar has a related form in Volkmar.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Folkmar, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Folcmær
“folk, people” · “famous, great”
>99% boys
Folkmārī
Folkmārī is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Proto-West Germanic.
>99% boys
Óttarr
“fear” · “army”
>99% boys
Ordgar
“point” · “spear”
>99% boys
Folcwald
“army; people” · “might, authority”
>99% boys
Golmar
“power, authority”
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Falur
“dwarf”
>99% boys
Foucher
“people” · “army”
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