Wolke Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

It is easy to miss Wolke in an index if you only search for Wolk. The family name meaning is “A dweller at the sign of the wolf”, the same as for Wolk.

• Wolke sounds close to Wolak, so it can help to search both.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• 774 Americans were listed as Wolke in the 2010 census.
• The extra “e” in Wolke is a spelling habit rather than a different name.

Wolke coat of arms

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Wolk surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Wolke family name pack.