Name: Folke
Gender: Male
Usage: Folke is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Folke are in general originating from Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, United States of America.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Folke is: People.
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Numerology of the first name Folke: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 22. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: visionary, successful, leader, innovative, genius.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Successful, Visionary
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Folke is ranked on the 66,000th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 1500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Folke has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Folke for each year.
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History and Origin
Folke is an Old Nordic male given name meaning "chief".
As of 2004, in Sweden there are 20,100 persons named Folke. Of them, about 5,700 had it as their main given name. In 2002 118 newborn boys were named Folke, of them 15 as main name.
Scandinavian: from the Old Norse personal name Folki, a short form of the various compound names containing the element folk people, tribe (as for example Folkvarðr ‘people guard’, which has given rise to the modern forms Folkvar and Falkor.
Cognate: English: Fulk.
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