Fulk as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Fulk

What is the meaning of the name Fulk ?

The baby name Fulk is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /fʊlk/ (respelling: FULK, rhymes with 'bulk').

Fulk is Germanic, Norman in Origin.

Fulk is a medieval given name from the West Germanic element fulk/folc, meaning "people, tribe." It reached Latin documents as Fulco and Old French as Foulques, then entered England with the Normans, producing Middle English forms Fulk and Fulke and contributing to surnames such as Foulkes and Fowkes. Italian Folco and medieval Latin Fulco preserve the same root.

Borne by prominent nobles, the name flourished from the 11th to 13th centuries: Fulk IV and his grandson Fulk V of Anjou (later King of Jerusalem) cemented its prestige, while the Florentine banker and patron Folco Portinari and later the English writer-statesman Fulke Greville kept it in learned use. Today it is rare as a forename in English but endures in historical literature and family names (Foulke(s), Fulk, Fowke, Fulkerson). Variants and related forms include Fulk, Fulke, Foulque/Foulques, Fulco, Folco, and the French diminutive Fouquet. The core meaning remains "of the people."

⚙ Fulk is vanishingly rare. In all, it appears just 8 times, across 5 countries.