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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
Early Modern English
1547 Fulke StAnthonlin p. 6; 1561 Fouke BarnstapleBap p. 11
France
Latin
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; 1114 Fulconis (gen) CartNDJosaphat IV; 1121 Fulconis (abl) clairvaux-12thc 1; 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; 1301 Foukes (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 176; 1378 Fulco (nom) hanquetvol1 916, Fulconi (dat) ibid. 377, Fulconis (gen) ibid. 367
Old French
1296 Fouques paris1296 p. 16; 1301 Fouke (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 292; 1313 Fouques Paris1313 p. 58; 1327 Fouques MemDocMan-2 p. 175
Middle French
1392 Fouques MemBret-II col. 607
Ireland
Latin
fin12thC Fulco (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 17
Italy
Latin
1285 Fulchi (gen) Perugia1285 p. 154
Spain
Latin
1083 Fulcho (nom) CDCB-XV MMCCI
Sweden
Latin
1350 Folcha (gen) SDHK no. 6002, Folke (nom) ibid. no. 6050
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 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Fulk.