Folmer

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Male Name

Usage

Old Danish
Danish
Swedish
Norwegian
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Frisian variant form of Volkmar

Related Names

See Volkmar

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Folmersen
Folmersson

Female

Folmersdatter
Folmersdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Folmer
Genitive:	Folmers

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Folmer
Accusative:	Folmer
Dative:	Folmer
Genitive:	Folmers

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Folmer
Genitive:	Folmers

- Swedish
Nominative:	Folmer
Genitive:	Folmers

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 12th century
• Iceland: In the census of 1801

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1865-1909
  • 1920-1929
• Denmark:
  • 1910-1929

Predominant Regional Usage

• Denmark:
  • Fyn
  • Nordjylland
• Sweden:
  • Sydsverige
  • Dalarna

Namesakes

• Folmer Bendtsen (8 February 1907 – 6 January 1993), Danish artist

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 24 people were named Folmer (percentage of first or only given name: 46 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Denmark		284	n.a.	0	n.a.	284	n.a.
Sweden		6	16	0	0	6	16
Finland		n.a.	3	0	0	n.a.	3
Greenland		0	3	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		0	n.a.	0	n.a.	0	n.a.
Iceland		0	1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Folmer.