Falk (name)

Falk
Origin
Region of origin	Northern Europe
Word/Name	Old Norse, Middle High German
Meaning	falcon
Other names
Variant(s)	Falck, Falke, Falco, Valke, Valcke, Faulk

Falk is a given name and surname cognate with the word falcon.

Surname

Adalbert Falk (1827–1900), Prussian minister of culture
Alexander A. Falk (1900–1975), New York politician
Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist
Bernard Falk (1943–1990), UK television reporter
Bibb Falk (1899–1989), American baseball player and coach
David Falk (born 1950), American sports agent
Hayyim Samuel Jacob Falk (1708–1782), better known as Baal Shem of London, British rabbi
Jacob Joshua Falk (Jacob Joshua ben Tzebi Hirsch Falk) (1680–1756), Talmudist and author of Pene Yehoshua
James Falk (born 1954), American inventor
Johan Peter Falk (sometimes spelled Falck, 1733–1774), Swedish botanist
Johannes Daniel Falk (1768–1826), German writer
Joshua Falk (Joshua ben Alexander ha-Kohen Falk) (1555–1614), author of commentaries on the Arba'ah Turim and Shulkhan Arukh
Luke Falk (born 1994), American football quarterback
Miksa Falk (1828–1908), Hungarian journalist
Nelson H. Falk (1874-1924), American politician
Paul Falk, (1921–2017), German figure skater
Peter Falk (1927–2011), American actor
Richard A. Falk, (born 1930), Jewish-American professor of international law
Robert Falk, (1886–1958), Jewish Russian painter
Robert A. Falk (1926-2014), American farmer and politician
Roland Falk, (1915–1985), British test pilot
Rossella Falk, (1926–2013), Italian actress