The volk Surname
volk Name Meaning and History
- German: from a medieval personal name, a short form of various Germanic personal names with the first element folk ‘people’. Compare Foulkes.
- Czech: variant of the personal name Volek.
- Slovenian: nickname from volk ‘wolf’.
- Ukrainian: Russianized form of Ukrainian Vovk, a nickname meaning ‘wolf’.
- Jewish (western Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Volk ‘people’.
- English: variant of Foulks.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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