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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Teutonic : Wolf strife

Boy name variations

Wolfgang

Wolfgang

- 12% this year
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Wolf

Wolf

- 9% this year
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Wolfe

Wolfe

+ 33% this year
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Wolfie

Wolfie

0 % this year
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Wolcott

Wolcott

0 % this year
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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from the Middle English personal name Wulsi, Old English Wulfsige, composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’.
  • George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam from England via the Netherlands in 1623.

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