Vollmerring Family Crest & Name History

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Vollmer could easily become Vollmerring. The family name meaning is “from the name Volkmar”, the same as for Vollmer.

A variant of Vollmer

Vollmerring is built on the same root as Vollmer, with the ending -ring. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists. Other spellings include Vollmers, Volmer and Follmer.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Vollmer and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Want more than a summary? See the Vollmerring family name pack.