Falk

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• German : from Middle High German valke ‘falcon’, hence a nickname or a metonymic occupational name for a falconer.
• Scandinavian : ornamental name from falk ‘falcon’.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Falke ‘falcon’, or, in Bohemia, from Czech vlk ‘wolf’.
• Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from Yiddish falk ‘falcon’ or from the personal name Falk with the same meaning.