Given name & surname

Folmer

Folmer is a surname from German.

Original GermanVollmer

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Folmer comes from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Folmer as a surname developed from VOLLMER.

Folmer’s family of names

In English usage, Folmer as a surname developed from the German form VOLLMER. In Greek usage, Folmer as a surname is a transliteration of Φόλμερ.

Walk Folmer’s family in the name graph

FolmerΦόλμερFollmerVollmer

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 1

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Across languages 1

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