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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Wolf; wise counsel
  • German : Kind adviser
  • German : Wolf

How Popular Is The Name Rolf

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Middle English personal name Rolf, composed of the Germanic elements hrōd ‘renown’ + wulf ‘wolf’. This name was especially popular among Nordic peoples in the contracted form Hrólfr, and seems to have reached England by two separate channels; partly through its use among pre-Conquest Scandinavian settlers, partly through its popularity among the Normans, who, however, generally used the form Rou(l) (see Rollo).
  • North German : from a personal name, a contracted form of Rudolf, cognate with 1.

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