Meaning and Origin of: Wolfgang

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Teutonic : Wolf strife

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Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the Germanic personal name Wolfgang, composed of wolf ‘wolf’ + ganc ‘going’. From the late 10th century it became popular in Bavaria and the south as the name of a saint, Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg.

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