Folgers: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Folgers is a familiar spelling of the German name Folger. The family name meaning is “A follower or vassal; descendant of Folcger (folk, spear)”, the same as for Folger. Folgers adds a patronymic ending to Folger, meaning ‘son of’ or ‘of the family of’. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Foulger.

Arms linked to Folger and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. For the full story, order the Folgers surname pack.