Given name & surname
Volkmar
“people”
Volkmar is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Volkmar goes back to Old High German folk, meaning “people.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
From Old High German *Folkmār, from Proto-West Germanic *Folkmārī, from Proto-Germanic *Fulkamērijaz, from Old High German folk (“people”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Volkmar’s family of names
In German usage, Volkmar has a related form in FOLKMAR. In German usage, Volkmar has a related form in VOLMAR.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Volkmar
- Volkmar AndreaeSwiss composer and conductor (1879-1962)
- Volkmar GroßGerman footballer (1948-2014)
- Volkmar BraunbehrensGerman musicologist and publisherborn 1941
- Volkmar von ArnimGerman naval officer (1847–1923)
- Volkmar VogelGerman politicianborn 1959
- Volkmar KühnGerman sculptorborn 1942
- Volkmar WeissGerman scientistborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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