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Updated June 9, 2019

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>).

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