Volotko is a Ukrainian diminutive personal name derived from the neutral expression name Volot (Volodymyr) using the suffix -ko. The earliest known mention of this name originates from the Transcarpathian village of Shom in the Berehove district in the year 1214: “impetiet convillanum suum scilicet: Volotcu de furto” (Reg Var 179).