Wolf

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Male Male Name

Usage

Sweden Swedish
Denmark Danish
Finland Finnish
Norway Norwegian

Origin and Meaning

Old High German wolf = 'wolf' (see also ULF) [1]

Related Names

     
Volf Swedish
Wolf Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Wolff Swedish
Vulf Swedish
Wulf Danish Finnish Swedish
Wulff Danish Swedish

Combinations

For combinations see ULF (name element)

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1796 [1]

Cognates

Norse: UlfR

Statistics

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Wolf.

Sources: [2] [3] [4] [5]

References

  1. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  3. Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  4. Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi