Volkmar
m.
Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race' + Old High German, Old Saxon māri from Proto-Germanic *mērijaz 'famous'.
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1349 Wolchmaro (dat) chlumecky 84;
1356 Wolkmarus (nom) ibid. 192, p. 29
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 822x875 Folcmarus (nom) TradCorb §177,
Volcmar (nom) ibid. §222,
Volcmaro (abl) ibid. §2,
Volcmarus (nom) ibid. §38;
1142 Volkmar (nom) mairhofer I;
1180 Folmarus (nom) quix-vol1 34;
1210 Volmaro (abl) CDL-1.1.1 IV;
1234 Volcmarus (nom) hennes-vol1 89;
1259 Volcmarus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI
- Early New High German
- ● 1497 Volckamar Nurn1497 413
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Volkmar". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Volkmar.