Family name origins & meanings
- French : from a personal name from Latin Lupus (meaning ‘wolf’), which derived its popularity from a 5th-century bishop of Troyes, who repulsed Attila the Hun.
- French : nickname from Old French lou, leu ‘wolf’ (modern French loup; from Latin lupus). This surname is frequently translated as Wolf or Wolfe.
- French : This surname has been established in Canada since 1687; it was identified in early records as Polish (perhaps a variant of a Polish name such as <xref>Luba</xref> or <xref>Luby</xref>).