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Folke - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Folke

[ syll. fol-ke, fo-lke ] The boy name Folke is pronounced as FOW-K- KEY. Folke is used predominantly in the English and German languages, and its origin is Germanic. The name could be from the Germanic 'folk' (people, tribe) or else from the Old Norse name Folki, a form of other names containing the Old Norse word 'folk' (people, tribe). Folk (English), Folki (Scandinavian), Folko (German), Foulques (French), and Fulke (English) are variants of Folke. See also the related forms, Volkhard (German) and Volkmar (German).

Folke is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Folke include Folk (English), Falk (Hebrew, Yiddish, and German), Fisk (English and Scandinavian), Fiske (English and Scandinavian), Fox (English), Faaiz (Arabic), Fabek (Polish), Faiz (Arabic), Fawzi (Arabic), Fayiz (Arabic), Fokko (Frisian), Folki (Scandinavian), Folko (German), Fonsie (English), Fosco (Italian), Phuoc (Vietnamese), Fabius (Latvian, Lithuanian, and German), Fayaz (Arabic), and Fuyuki (Japanese).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Folke: F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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