Volney
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Volney may mean:
- Constantin-François de Chassebœuf, Comte de Volney (1757-1820), French savant
- Volney prize, a namesake
- Volney, New York
- Volney E. Howard, US politician
A boy's name of Old German origin. Its meaning is "spirit of the folk" or "one who has has much national spirit" or simply "People's spirit." Volney is a rare male first name as it was not ranked for males of all ages in the 1990 U.S. Census.