Wolf Forename

40,369th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 18,282 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Northern Mariana Islands

Wolf Forename User-submission:

The name Wolf is derived from the Old English and Germanic word wulf, which means 'wolf'. As a name, it is often associated with strength, courage, and independence, drawing inspiration from the characteristics of the animal itself.

Wolf Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany
100%
10,0211:9,648692
United States
100%
2,4291:149,2545,867
Haiti
100%
5451:19,6821,655
Saudi Arabia-5251:58,6916,867
Canada
100%
5181:63,9643,869
Brazil
100%
3711:577,45618,090
Russia
92%
 
3281:439,7375,035
Egypt
100%
3251:282,7729,197
Netherlands
99%
 
3071:55,0563,636
Austria
100%
2691:31,6511,184
Belgium
100%
2421:47,4802,393
Morocco-2181:157,5634,496
Switzerland
100%
1791:45,8852,108
Algeria-1631:234,2133,411
Gabon
100%
1601:11,7711,796
South Africa
98%
 
1551:351,82418,915
China-1291:10,589,58059,687
Australia-1271:107,5403,733
England
100%
1251:444,8239,855
Argentina
100%
951:450,2453,517
Sweden
100%
781:126,3835,084
Thailand
100%
761:921,91934,822
France
100%
651:1,022,6217,961
Congo
100%
641:78,2695,367
Italy
97%
 
491:1,246,16510,159
Mexico
100%
461:2,698,79214,064
New Zealand-381:119,3704,813
Portugal-371:281,3755,179
DR Congo
100%
341:2,171,40051,388
Kazakhstan
100%
281:633,8168,396
Kuwait-281:135,1888,745
Venezuela
100%
261:1,161,61123,916
Ireland
100%
251:185,7413,671
Belarus
92%
 
251:379,2952,680
Peru
100%
221:1,445,06616,756
Ecuador-201:886,3467,318
Denmark-191:297,3425,671
Norway
100%
191:270,1236,107
Azerbaijan
100%
141:688,78212,126
Uruguay
100%
141:244,8314,102
Philippines
83%
 
131:8,154,575122,416
Qatar
100%
131:182,27721,851
Scotland
100%
131:411,5675,527
United Arab Emirates-131:550,15319,206
Spain-121:3,877,49714,638
Armenia
100%
101:291,8754,379
Finland
92%
 
101:548,3186,147
Malaysia
100%
101:3,044,99479,253
Israel
100%
91:933,65813,501
Transnistria
100%
91:52,849793
Tunisia-91:75,2113,284
Jordan
100%
71:1,260,9686,027
Singapore-71:898,15114,197
Wales
100%
71:442,0445,971
Czechia
99%
 
61:1,776,0274,577
Estonia-61:219,2306,245
Greece
100%
61:1,822,42510,706
Hong Kong-61:1,292,1216,806
Lebanon
100%
61:937,9288,462
Northern Mariana Islands-61:9,1111,173
Slovakia
75%
 
61:885,0103,389
Turkey-61:12,966,95237,072
Cameroon-51:4,322,10163,776
Japan-51:25,597,21150,433
Chile
100%
41:4,401,80221,957
Fiji-41:223,0942,508
Georgia
100%
41:934,61613,351
Hungary
84%
 
41:2,447,9434,263
Malta-41:107,3402,111
Nigeria-41:44,391,090271,718
Poland
98%
 
41:9,506,7785,827
Serbia-41:1,786,4306,903
South Korea-41:1,386,10520,690
Uzbekistan
100%
41:7,696,61011,277
Vietnam-41:23,155,7785,302
Benin-31:3,525,28151,145
Costa Rica
100%
31:1,589,31614,648
El Salvador-31:2,113,9299,538
India-31:404,959,3243,244,417
Indonesia-31:85,987,8891,072,651
Monaco-31:12,8221,634
Pakistan
100%
31:64,785,893186,184
Puerto Rico-31:1,183,4345,646
Syria-31:6,435,3587,086
Guatemala-21:8,054,21410,362
Iran-21:39,248,43450,459
Luxembourg
100%
21:282,0243,520
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Montenegro-21:317,2883,822
Papua New Guinea
100%
21:4,076,157155,819
Yemen-21:13,148,37610,677
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Afghanistan-11:32,623,51666,536
Albania-11:3,046,57049,159
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Bulgaria-11:6,990,39027,036
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Ivory Coast
100%
11:23,075,933135,227
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Kyrgyzstan-11:5,973,27746,622
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
Liechtenstein-11:37,8561,091
Mauritius-11:1,297,78413,721
Mongolia-11:2,934,81416,205
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970
Nicaragua-11:6,018,33634,175
Oman-11:4,108,66712,526
Palestine
100%
11:4,550,0585,739
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Paraguay
100%
11:7,236,80516,549
Romania-11:20,051,97655,376
Rwanda-11:11,371,4334,615
Seychelles-11:92,6701,891
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Sri Lanka-11:20,799,08716,824
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Swaziland-11:1,300,1773,374
Taiwan
100%
11:23,769,682193,280
Tajikistan-11:8,374,9227,831

Wolf (361,818) may also be a surname.

Wolf Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The name Wolf is derived from the Old English and Germanic word wulf, which means 'wolf'. As a name, it is often associated with strength, courage, and independence, drawing inspiration from the characteristics of the animal itself.

- jerbrut

Wolf Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wolfe89599/
Wolff89385/
Woolf89171/
Wollf8912/
Woulf894/
Woelf892/
Wolft891/
Wolfz891/
Wolffe8012/
Woolfe808/
Woulfe804/
Wollff802/
Woolff802/
Wholfe801/
Wulf755,107/
Volf75460/
Walf7536/
Bolf758/
Wolv755/
Uolf751/
Wolw751/
Woollff731/
Wulff6799/
Wolph6794/
Walfe6730/
Volfe6713/
Walff679/
Volff677/
Wallf676/
Volfs676/
Wulfe673/
Vollf672/
Voolf672/
Wullf672/
Buolf672/
Boylf671/
Wálef671/
Waslf671/

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