Wulf
[wʊlf]Meaning
Germanic name element *wulfaz, "wolf"; Low German wulf
Background Story
Wulf was one of the most prolific elements in early Germanic names, appearing as the first element in names such as Wulfstan and especially as the second element, in the forms -ulf and -olf, as in Cynewulf, Rudolph, Ludolf and Adolf. The element was explained as originally motivated by the wolf as an animal sacred to Wodanaz, but the large number of names indicates that it had become a meaningless suffix of male names at an early time. By the tenth century it carried no pagan connotation, and saints and bishops bore names such as Wulfstan or Wolfgang. Of 381 names counted in -ulf and -olf, only four are feminine.
Variations
Wolfe, Wolf
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