Völkner or Volkner is a German-language surname and a derivative of the personal name Volk. It may refer to: Carl Sylvius Völkner (c. 1819 – 1865), German-born Protestant missionary in New Zealand Christian Friedrich von Völkner (1728–1796), German translator and historian in Russia Iris Völkner (1960), German rower Jirí Volkner (1931–2018), Czechoslovak sprint canoer References Surnames from given names German-language surnames