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Wolf Names
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AATU:
Finnish form of Old High German Adalwolf, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADALWOLF:
Variant spelling of Old High German
Adalwulf, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADALWULF:
Old High German name, composed of the elements adal
"noble" and wulf "wolf," hence "noble wolf."
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ADELULF:
Variant spelling of Old High German
Adalwulf, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLF:
Modern contracted form of Old High German
Adalwolf, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLFO:
Italian form of Latin
Adolfus, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLFUS:
Latinized form of German
Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf." Used by the Swedish.
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ADOLPH:
English form of Latin
Adolphus, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLPHE:
French form of Latin
Adolphus, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLPHO:
Spanish form of Latin
Adolphus, meaning "noble wolf."
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ADOLPHUS:
Latinized form of German
Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
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ÆÐELWULF:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements æðel
"noble" and wulf "wolf," hence, "noble wolf."
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ÆÞELWULF:
Variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon
Æðelwulf, meaning "noble wolf."
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ÆTHELWULF: Variant
spelling of Anglo-Saxon
Æðelwulf, meaning "noble wolf."
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AHLF:
Pet form of German
Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf."
- ALF:
Low German pet form of German
Adolf,
meaning "noble wolf." Compare with other forms of
Alf.
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BARDAWULF: Old
German equivalent of Anglo-Saxon
Bertulf, meaning "bright wolf."
- BARDOLPH:
Anglo-Norman form of Old German
Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."
- BARDULF:
Contracted form of German
Bardawulf, meaning "bright wolf."
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BEORHTWULF:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements beorht
"bright" and wulf "wolf," hence "bright wolf."
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BERHTULF:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements berht
"bright" and wulf "wolf," hence "bright wolf."
- BERTOLF:
Variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon
Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."
- BERTULF:
Variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon
Berhtulf, meaning "bright wolf."
- COINÍN:
Old Gaelic byname composed of the word cano "wolf" and a
diminutive suffix, hence "little wolf."
- CUETLACHTLI:
Nahuatl name meaning "wolf."
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DOLPH:
Short form of English
Adolph, meaning "noble wolf."
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ETHELWOLF:
Variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon
Æthelwulf, meaning "noble wolf."
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FÁELÁN:
Variant spelling of Irish Gaelic
Faolán, meaning "little wolf."
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FAOLÁN:
Irish Gaelic name composed of the word faol "wolf" and a
diminutive suffix, hence "little wolf."
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FENRISÚLFR: In
mythology, this is the name of a wolf, the son of
Loki and the giantess
Angrboða, popularly translated "swamp wolf," but probably
originally meaning "wolf of hell." According to Sophus Bugge,
author of The Home of The Eddic Poems, this name cannot
possibly mean "swamp wolf," for there does not exist in Old
Norse any derivative endings as -rir, or -ris. He believes
Fenrir and
Fenris arose under the influence of Christian
conceptions of the devil as lupus infernus, combined with
tales of the Behemoth and the beast of the Apocalypse, and was
altered in form in accordance with popular Old Norse etymology.
He compares Old Norse fern from Latin infernus to
Old Saxon fern which was derived from Latin infernum,
and explains that Fenrir and Fenris must have been
formed from *Fernir from fern using the endings
-ir and gen. -is, both of which were very much used in mythical
names, including names of giants. He goes on to explain that the
later connection with fen ("fen, swamp, mire") was
natural, for hell and lower regions, such as the abyss, are
often connected by imagination just as they still are today.
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FENRISÚLFUR:
Icelandic form of Old Norse
Fenrisúlfr, popularly translated "swamp wolf," but probably
originally meaning "wolf of hell."
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FILLIN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Faolán, meaning "little wolf."
- GERWULF:
German name composed of the elements ger "spear" and
wulf "wolf," hence "spear-wolf."
- HEMMING:
Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse hamr, meaning
"shape." The name may have originated as a byname for a
"shape-shifter" or "werewolf."
- HOHNIHOHKAIYOHOS:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "high-backed wolf."
- HONIAHAKA:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."
- HRODULF:
Contracted form of Old High German
Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
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HRODWULF: Old High
German name composed of the elements hrod "fame" and
wulf "wolf," hence "famous wolf."
- HROLF:
Contracted form of Old Germanic
Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
- HRÓLFR:
Old Norse equivalent of Germanic
Hrolf,
meaning "famous wolf."
- INGOLF:
Scandinavian form of Old Norse
Ingólfr, meaning "Ing's
wolf."
- INGÓLFR:
Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing
and the word úlfr "wolf," hence "Ing's
wolf."
- IVAILO
(Ивайло):
Bulgarian name, possibly meaning "wolf."
- IVAYLO
(Ивайло):
Variant spelling of Bulgarian
Ivailo, possibly meaning "wolf."
- KENYON:
Irish surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized
form of Gaelic Mac Coinín "son of
Coinín," hence "little wolf."
- KUCKUNNIWI:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."
- LIULFR:
Old Norse name of uncertain etymology, possibly composed of the
elements hlíf "shield, protection" and ulfr
"wolf," hence "shield wolf."
- LOPE:
Spanish form of Latin
Lupus,
meaning "wolf."
- LOUP:
French form of Latin
Lupus,
meaning "wolf."
- LOUVEL:
Old Norman French byname derived from a diminutive form of the
word lou "wolf," hence "little wolf."
- LOVEL:
Variant spelling of English
Lovell, meaning "little wolf."
- LOVELL:
English surname transferred to forename use, from a variant
spelling of English
Lowell, meaning "little wolf."
- LOWELL:
English surname transferred to forename use, derived from the
Old Norman French byname
Louvel, meaning "little wolf."
- LUPUS:
Latin name derived from the word lupus, meaning "wolf."
- LYCAON:
Latin form of Greek
Lykaon, possibly meaning "wolf." In mythology, this is the
name of an early king of Arkadia.
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LYCURGUS: Latin
form of Greek
Lykourgos, meaning "wolf-work." In mythology, this is the
name of a lawgiver of Sparta who banned the cult of
Dionysus and paid dearly for it. His political opponent
Alcander put out one of his eyes.
- LYKAON
(Λυκάων):
Greek name possibly meaning "wolf." In mythology, this is the
name of an early king of Arkadia.
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LYKOURGOS (Λυκούργος):
Greek name composed of the elements lykou "of a wolf" and
ergon "deed, work," hence "wolf-work." In mythology, this
is the name of a lawgiver of Sparta who banned the cult of
Dionysus and paid dearly for it. His political opponent
Alcander put out one of his eyes.
- MARROK:
Possibly a French form of Latin
Marcus, meaning "defense" or "of the sea." In Arthurian
legend, this is the name of a knight who was also a werewolf. In
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, "Death of Arthur,"
(1469-1470), there is a single line mentioning this knight; it
reads as follows: "Sir Marrok the good knyghte that was betrayed
with his wyf for she made hym seven yere a werwolf."
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OCUMWHOWURST:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "yellow wolf."
- OCUNNOWHURST:
Variant form of Cheyenne
Ocumwhowurst, meaning "yellow wolf."
- OHCUMGACHE:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."
- OTSOA:
Basque name meaning "wolf."
- OTSOKO:
Basque name meaning "wolf cub."
- PHELAN:
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic
Faolán, meaning "little wolf."
- RADULF:
- Danish form of Old Norse
Ráðúlfr meaning "wise wolf."
- German name composed of
the elements rad "advice, counsel" and wulf
"wolf," hence "wise wolf."
- RÁÐÚLFR:
Old Norse name composed of the elements ráð "advice,
counsel" and úlfr "wolf," hence "wise wolf."
- RÆDWULF:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements ræd
"advice, counsel" and wulf "wolf," hence "wise wolf."
- RAFE:
Medieval form of English
Ralph,
meaning "wise wolf."
- RALF:
- Medieval Norman
contracted form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- Scandinavian form of Old
Norse
Ráðúlfr, meaning "wise wolf."
- RALPH:
English form of Norman French
Raulf,
meaning "wise wolf."
- RALPHIE:
Pet form of English
Ralph,
meaning "wise wolf."
- RANDAL:
Medieval form of English
Randolf, meaning "shield-wolf."
- RANDALL:
Variant spelling of English
Randal, meaning "shield-wolf."
- RANDELL:
Variant spelling of English
Randal, meaning "shield-wolf."
- RANDOLF:
- Scandinavian form of Old
Norse
Randolfr, meaning "shield-wolf."
- Variant spelling of
Middle English
Randulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
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RANDOLFR: Variant
spelling of Old Norse
Randulfr, meaning "shield-wolf."
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RANDOLPH: Modern
English form of Middle English
Randolf, meaning "shield-wolf."
- RANDULF:
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon
Randwulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
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RANDULFR: Old
Norse name composed of the elements rand "rim (of a
shield)" and ulfr "wolf," hence "shield-wolf."
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RANDWULF:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements rand
"rim of a shield" and wulf "wolf," hence "shield-wolf."
- RANDY:
Pet form of English
Randall and
Randolph, both meaning "shield-wolf." Compare with feminine
Randy.
- RANNULF:
Frankish German form of Old Norse
Ránulfr, meaning "plundering wolf."
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RÁNNULFR: Variant
spelling of Old Norse
Ránulfr, meaning "plundering wolf."
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RANNULFUS:
Latinized form of Frankish German
Rannulf, meaning "plundering wolf."
- RANULF:
- Scottish form of Old
Norse
Randulfr, meaning "shield-wolf."
- Variant spelling of
Frankish German
Rannulf, meaning "plundering wolf."
- RÁNULFR:
Old Norse name composed of the elements rán "plundering,
robbery" and úlfr "wolf," hence "plundering wolf."
- RANULPH:
Variant spelling of Scottish
Ranulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
- RAOUL:
Old French form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- RAUL:
Italian and Portuguese form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- RAÚL:
Spanish form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- RAULF:
Norman French contracted form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- RODOLF:
Dutch form of Latin
Rudolphus, meaning "famous wolf."
- RODOLFO:
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Latin
Rudolphus, meaning "famous wolf."
- RODOLPH:
Variant spelling of French
Rodolphe, meaning "famous wolf."
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RODOLPHE: French
form of Latin
Rudolphus, meaning "famous wolf."
- ROFFE:
Swedish pet form of Scandinavian
Rolf,
meaning "famous wolf."
- ROLF:
- Contracted form of Old
High German
Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf." This name came into
Middle English use via the Normans.
- Modern North German
contracted form of Old German
Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."
- Scandinavian form of Old
Norse
Hrólfr, meaning "famous wolf."
- ROLLO: Latin
form of Old French Roul, meaning "famous wolf." Compare with
another form of Rollo.
- ROUL:
Old Norman French form of German
Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
- RUDI:
Pet form of German Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."
- RUDOLF:
Modern form of Old High German Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
- RUDOLPH:
English name derived from Latin Rudolphus, meaning "famous
wolf."
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RUDOLPHUS: Latin
form of Old High German Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
- RUDY:
Pet form of English Rudolph, meaning "famous wolf."
- RUUD:
Pet form of Dutch Rodolf, meaning "famous wolf."
- SANDALIO:
Spanish form of Latin Sandalius, meaning "true wolf."
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SANDALIUS: Latin
form of Gothic Sandulf, meaning "true wolf."
- SANDULF:
Gothic name composed of the Germanic elements sand "true"
and ulf "wolf," hence "true wolf."
- SEFF
(סֶעף):
Variant spelling of Yiddish Zeff, meaning "wolf."
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SHOEMOWETOCHAWCAWEWAHCATOWE:
Native American Cheyenne name meaning "high-backed wolf."
- ULBRECHT:
German name composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and
beraht "bright," hence "bright wolf."
- ULF:
Scandinavian form of Old Norse Ulfr, meaning "wolf."
- ÚLFGANGUR:
Icelandic form of German Wolfgang, meaning "wolf path."
- ÚLFHRAFN:
Icelandic form of German Wolfram, meaning "wolf-raven."
- ULFR:
Old Norse name derived from the word ulfr, meaning
"wolf."
- ULFRIC:
Norman Germanic equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Wulfric, meaning "wolf
power."
- ÚLFUR:
Icelandic form of Old Norse Ulfr, meaning "wolf."
- ULRIC:
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Wulfric, meaning "wolf
power."
- ULRICK:
Variant spelling of English Ulric, meaning "wolf power."
- VARG:
Norwegian name meaning "wolf."
- VELVEL
(וֶועלוֶל):
Yiddish name meaning "wolf."
- VUK
(Вук):
Short form of Serbian Vukasin, meaning "wolf."
- VUKASIN
(Вукашин):
Serbian name meaning "wolf."
- WOLF:
- English name derived from
the vocabulary word, meaning simply "wolf."
- German and Jewish name,
meaning "wolf."
- WOLFE:
Variant spelling of English Wolf, meaning "wolf."
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WOLFGANG: German
name, composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and gang
"a going (i.e. path)," hence "wolf path."
- WOLFRAM:
German name composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and
hramn "raven," hence "wolf-raven."
- WULFRIC:
Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements wulf
"wolf" and ric "power," hence "w
- ZE'EV
(זְאֵב):
Variant spelling of Hebrew Zeeb, meaning "wolf."
- olf power."
- ZEEB:
(זְאֵב):
Hebrew name meaning "wolf," so called from its being tawny and
yellow in color. In the bible, this is the name of a Midianite
prince.
- ZEFF
(זֶעף):
Yiddish form of Hebrew Zev, meaning "wolf."
- ZEV:
Variant spelling of Hebrew Zeeb, meaning "wolf."
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