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Rolf

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“Famous wolf”

Rolf from the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (see Rudolf). The Normans introduced this name to England but it soon became rare. In the modern era it has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world as a German import.

GermanSwedishNorwegian1 syllable · /roʊlf/

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