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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Volswinde f. Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race' + Old Saxon swīth, Gothic swinþs from Proto-Germanic *swinþaz 'strong'.

Germany
Latin
1165 Volsuinde (gen) quix-vol1 93
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Volswinde". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2017, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2017/1/name/Volswinde.