Given name
Foulques
“people”
Foulques is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in French.
Original LatinFulcus
Meaning & origin
Foulques’s family of names
In French usage, Foulques has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form FOLCO. In French usage, Foulques has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Folke. In French usage, Foulques continues an earlier form in Fulcus.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Foulques has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Foulques comes from · 1 name
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Foulques
- Fulk II of AnjouCount of Anjou920–960
- Folquet de Marselhatrobadour and anti-Cathar bishop of Toulouse1155–1232
- Fulk Bertrand of ProvenceCount of Provence1014
- Fulk of AngoulêmeFrench noble1030–1087
- Foulques du MerleFrench military personnel1239–1315
- Fulk of VendômeFrench noble
- Falkes de BréautéNorman knight and mercenary in the service of King John and Henry III of England (c. 1175/1180–1226)1200–1226
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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