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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Fulk m. Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race'.

The name of a 9th C Frankish saint, a 12th C English saint, and a 13th C Italian saint.

England
Latin
c1132 Fulcone (abl) MemStMF II-I; 1155 Fulco (nom) FPD p. 121, fn. 1; 1185x1186 Fulko (nom) PR-XXXVI p. 13; 1222 Fulco (nom) StPaulDom p. 30, Fulcone (abl) ibid. p. 107, fulconis (gen) ibid. p. 21; 1296 Fulco (nom) RCS-1 p. 95b; 1299 Fulco (nom) ComWil-vol1 p. 2; 1340xc1450 ffulco (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 28; 1381 Fulco (nom) FenPT-2 p. 11
Anglo-French
1245–1250[1586] Fouk Glover 180, Fouke ibid. 79
Early Modern English
1547 Fulke StAnthonlin p. 6; 1561 Fouke BarnstapleBap p. 11; 1577 ffouke RegBath p. 3
France
Latin
1030x1031 Fulconis (gen) CartNoyers I; 1032x1064 Fulco (nom) LDS LV; 1047 Fulconis (gen) CartNDSaintes I; 1047x1061 Fulconis (gen) ibid. XX; c1050 Fulconem (acc) StVdM-II 676; a1072 Fulconis (gen) NDParisII 1-XVI; a1089x1101 Fulconis (gen) CartStPC XXXIX; 1094 Fulco (nom) StVdM-II 686; 1101x1129 Fulco (nom) CartStPC XVIII, Fulconis (gen) ibid. XVIII; 1107 Fulcho (nom) ibid. V, Fulchonis (gen) ibid. XVII; c1113 Fulco (nom) ChartCaen2 p. 55; 1114 Fulconis (gen) CartNDJosaphat IV; 1121 Fulconis (abl) clairvaux-12thc 1; 1123 Fulco (nom) CartYonne1 CXXXIV; 1125x1136 Fulconis (gen) ibid. CXXXIX; 1133 Fulconis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp XXX; 1135 Fulco (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138 Fulco (nom) CartNDdOurscamp CLI, Fulconi (dat) ibid. CLI; 1147 Fulcone (abl) CartNDSaintes XXV, clairvaux-12thc 14, Fulconis (gen) ibid. 14; 1147x1162 Fulconis (gen) ibid. 47; 1160 Fulgonis (gen) CartNDdOurscamp CXIV; 1163 Fulconis (gen) clairvaux-12thc 105; 1168 Fulconis (gen) ibid. 133; 1180 Fulco (nom) RotScaNor p. 23, Fulcone (abl) ibid. p. 19; 1259 Fulconis (gen) ArrestReg-volI XVIII, Pentecost; 1274 Fulco (nom) RHF-VIII p. 58; 1292 Fulco (nom) MemBret-I 1103; 1301 Foukes (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 176; 1378 Fulco (nom) hanquetvol1 916, Fulconi (dat) ibid. 377, Fulconis (gen) ibid. 367
Old French
1262 Fouques (obl) StOuen p. 4; 1296 Fouques paris1296 p. 16; 1297 Fouques (nom) HistHdVParis p. 136; 1298 Fouques (obl) ibid. p. 143; 1301 Fouke (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 292; 1313 Fouques Paris1313 p. 58; 1327 Fouques MemDocMan-2 p. 175
Middle French
1364/5 Fouquie ActsCharlesV no. 179; 1392 Fouques MemBret-II col. 607
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Fulco (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 17
Italy
Latin
1285 Fulchi (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
Poland
Latin
1242 Fulco (nom) CDT1 XV; 1258 fulco (nom) ibid. XVII
Middle High German
1332 Volkel SBGlatzer p. 3
Spain
Latin
1083 Fulcho (nom) CDCB-XV MMCCI
Sweden
Latin
1310 fulco (nom) SDHK 2384; 1350 Folcha (gen) ibid. no. 6002, Folke (nom) ibid. no. 6050
Old Swedish
1409 Folkæ (nom) SDHK no. 17163
Wales
Latin
1582 ffoulke (gen) RegCon1 p. 36
Welsh
1583 ffoulke RegCon1 p. 40
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Fulk". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2019, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2019/1/name/Fulk.