At a Glance: Name: Volker – Meaning: People's army – Origin: Old High German – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: FOL-ker
Volker is an Old High German boy's name meaning “People's army”. It appears in our list of 175+ German Baby Boy Names That Are Strong Without Being Stern.
Meaning & Origin of Volker
Meaning: People's army.
Origin: Old High German.
A common claim: Volker means people's defender Actually: Volker is composed of elements meaning 'people' and 'army', not 'defender'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Volker
Phonetic: FOL-ker IPA: /ˈfɔlkər/
Popularity of Volker
Volker doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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