Origin: | From Old High German words for fame and wolf | Tools: Add to favorites Generate: Twitter-able text SMS text Compare to: Behind the Name Search with: Wikipedia NNDB IMDb Google |
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Name info: About the name Rudolf in particular | Gender: | male |
Languages of use: | German, Scandinavian, Dutch, English, Czech, Polish |
Short forms: | Dolf, Rudi, Rudy, Ruud |
US 2021 rank: | not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below |
Similarly written: | Ludolf, Adolf, Dolf, Gundolf, Randolf, Rodolfo, Rolf, Rudolph, Rumold Details |
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Group info: About Rudolf, the group of names with the same origin as Rudolf | Language of origin: | Old High German |
Info about origin: | old Germanic two-element name |
| in the Middle Ages a popular name for rulers, e.g. Rudolf of Habsburg (13th century AD) |
Words: | hruod = the fame Old High German |
| wolf = the wolf Old High German |
Topics: | Two-element name |
Variants' top ranks: | 17:Rudolf Austria 2015, 31:Rolf Switzerland 2013, 91:Rudy Belgium 2013, 115:Rudi Belgium 2013, 347:Rodolfo USA 1980-1989, 975:Rudolph USA 1990-1999 |
Old/original forms: | Hruodolf Old High German, Rudolphus Latinized |
Name variants: | Dolf, Rodolfo, Rodolphe, Roelof, Rolf, Rudi, Rudolf, Rudolph, Rudy, Ruedi, Ruodi, Ruud Sortable list Details |
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