Wolf

Gender Masculine
Scripts װאָלףֿ (Yiddish)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈvɔlf/ (German) /ˈwʊlf/ (English) [key ·simplify]

Meaning & History

Short form of Wolfgang, Wolfram and other names containing the Old German element wolf meaning "wolf" (Proto-Germanic *wulfaz ) [2] [3] . It can also be simply from the German or English word. As a Jewish name it can be considered a vernacular form of Zeev .

Related Names

VariantsWulf (German) Velvel (Yiddish) Wolfe (English)
Other Languages & CulturesUffe, Ulf (Danish) Ulfilas, Wulfila (Gothic) Úlfur (Icelandic) Ulf (Norwegian) Úlfr (Old Norse) Ulf (Swedish)

Popularity

People think this name is

informal natural strong rough strange simple serious
  1. Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1643.
  2. Köbler, Gerhard. Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, entry wolf, available from https://www.koeblergerhard.de/ahdwbhin.html.
  3. Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 598.

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