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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Focard m. Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.

Belgium
Latin
1050 Folcardus (nom) CRS-2-5 p. 232
France
Latin
c823 Fulcardus (nom) irminon-vol2 20, CE; 882 Fulcardus (nom) InsMacon XIII; 952x1000 Folcardus (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 95; 1030x70 Folcardus (nom) ibid. no. 110; 1047 Fulchardi (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1101x1129 Fulchardus (nom) CartStPC XXXII; 1107 Fulchardus (nom) ibid. XVII; 1245 Focardus (nom) CartNDdOurscamp XXXV; 1378 Volkardi (gen) hanquetvol1 1837
Old French
1313 Fouquart Paris1313 p. 72
Germany
Latin
822x875 Folchardi (nom) TradCorb §72, Folchardus (nom) ibid. §43; 1229 Volquardi (gen) CDL-1.1.1 X
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Focard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Focard.