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Updated July 4, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Teutonic : Wolf strife

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Wolfgang

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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