Rudolf - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Rudolf \r(u)-do-lf\ is a variant of Rudolph (Old German), and the meaning of Rudolf is "famous wolf".

The baby name Rudolf sounds like Rodolf and Rudolfo. Other similar baby names are Adolf, Addolf, Odolf, Rolf, Ranolf, Randolf, Rodolfo and Udolf.

Rudolf is a somewhat common first name for men (#1166 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#19992 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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