Fulk or Foulques

Question

I assume these are the same names in different languages.  Can someone confirm and tell me which languages.  Is Fulk English and Foulques French?

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Reaney & Wilson (A Dictionary of English Surnames) has a ...rather long header starting with Folk: Folk, Folke, Folkes, Folks, ffoulkes, Foulkes, Foulks, Fulk, Fulkes, Fulks, Fewkes, Foakes, Focke, Fokes, Fookes, Fooks, Foukx, Foux, Fowke, Fowkes, Fuke, Voak, Vokes, Volk, Volke, Volkes, Volks. They all go back to Old French Fulco, Fouques or Old German Fulco, Folco, personal names that ultimately derive from a word meaning "people".

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Answer 1

Yes, that is correct.

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Answer 2

If you go to Foulques III d'Anjou in The Henry Project, you can see quoted charters that show how his name was spelled during his lifetime (by scribes, not necessarily by himself).