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Wolf

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Usage

Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian

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Origin and Meaning

Short form of Old High German names containing the name element ULF, Old High German wolf = 'wolf' [1] [2]

Related Names

Volf ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Wolf ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Wolff ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Vulf ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Swedish
Wulf ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Finish Norwegian Swedish
Wulff ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Danish Norwegian Swedish

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Wolfsen Denmark

Female

Wolfsdatter Denmark

Combinations

For combinations see ULF (name element)

Cognates

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Wolf
Genitive: Wolfs
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Wolf
Genitive: Wolfin
Partitive: Wolfia
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Wolf
Genitive: Wolfs
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Wolf
Genitive: Wolfs

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[3]
48 191 0 7 48 184
Finland Finland[4]
n.a.
 63 0 0
n.a.
 63
Denmark Denmark[5]
16
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 16
n.a.
Norway Norway[6]
15
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 15
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[7]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Wolf.


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  2. ↑ Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Digi- ja Väestötietovirasto, Digital and Population Data Services Agency, https://nimipalvelu.dvv.fi
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  7. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/


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