Rudolph
[ˈruːdɒlf]Meaning
english form of rudolf, from germanic hrōþiwulfaz, "famous wolf"
Background Story
Rudolph is the English form of Rudolf, imported from Germany in the 19th century. The name goes back to the Germanic Hrōþiwulfaz, and it is used in German, Dutch, French, Italian, Czech, Danish, Hungarian, Latvian, Armenian and Anglo-Saxon. Robert L. May used it in 1939 for his Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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