At a Glance
- 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
FOL-kerIPA /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.
Lists That Include Volker
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