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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Fulcher m. Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race' + Old English here, Old High German heri 'host, army'.

England
Latin
1185x1186 Fulcherii (gen) PR-XXXVI p. 20
France
Latin
862x876 Folcherii (gen) InsMacon X; 1064 Fulcherius (nom) StVdM-II 715; 1082x87 Folcherius (nom) St-Bernard-Romans no. 120; 1123 Fulcherii (gen) CartNDJosaphat XII; 1125 Fulcherii (gen) CartStBert 10; 1138x1162 Fulcherius (nom) clairvaux-12thc 69
Old French
1301 Faukeres (nom) MemPic-vol17 p. 279; 1327 Foucquier MemDocMan-2 p. 185, Fouquier ibid. p. 175
Germany
Latin
822x875 Folckier (nom) TradCorb §154; 951 Fulcherus (nom) HambUrk-vol1 XXXVI; 963x1023 Folcheri (nom) TradCorb §226
Italy
Latin
1326 Fulcherinum (acc) Friuli-14thC no. 435, Fulcherinus (nom) ibid. no. 435
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Fulcher". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Fulcher.