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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Teutonic : Wolf strife

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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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