Volkmar

German

Alternative forms

Folkmar

Etymology

From Old High German *Folkmār, from Proto-West Germanic *Folkmārī, equivalent to Old High German folk (“people”) + māri (“famous”).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

Volkmar m (proper noun, strong, genitive Volkmars)

a male given name from Old High German^[1]

Proper noun

Volkmar m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Volkmars or (with an article) Volkmar, feminine genitive Volkmar, plural Volkmars)

a surname originating as a patronymic^[2]

References

[DOMNES-1] 1.0 ^1.1 S.L. Uckelman "Volkmar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.

[DFWD-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Heuser, Rita, Volkmar, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

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