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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Volkold m. Old High German folk 'people, nation, tribe, race' + Old High German hold 'friendly, comely, graceful'.

Austria
Latin
c1128 Volkolt (nom) UrkStyria 118a
France
Latin
c823 Fulcoldi (gen) irminon-vol2 61b, CE, Fulcoldus (nom) ibid. 61b, CE
Germany
Latin
699 Folcoldus (nom) DCEL-2 XI; 1192 Volkoldo (abl) quix-vol1 50, Volkoldus (nom) ibid. 50; c1235 Volcoldus (nom) UrkHan 1
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Volkold". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2018, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2018/1/name/Volkold.