Wolf Names
Names associated with wolves: Names that mean wolf;
wolf counsel, friends of wolves, she-wolves, were-wolves, etc.
 
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• UNISEX:

  1. GUADALUPE: English unisex name borrowed from a Spanish place name, itself from Arabic wādī al-lubb, meaning "river of the wolf."

  2. LYALL: Scottish surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from the Old Norse name Liulfr, meaning "(?) wolf."

  3. QUINN: "Chief; hound/wolf." Irish surname transferred to unisex forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Coinn, meaning "descendant of Conn." 

  4. RANDY: English unisex pet form of feminine Miranda "worthy of admiration," and masculine Randall and Randolph, both meaning "shield-wolf."

• MALE:

  1. AATTO: Finnish form of German Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  2. AATU: Finnish form of German Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  3. ADALWOLF: Variant of German Adalwulf, meaning "noble wolf."

  4. ADALWULF: "Noble wolf." Old German name, composed of the elements adal "noble" and wulf "wolf."

  5. ADELPHUS: Latin form of German Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  6. ADELULF: Variant of German Adalwulf, meaning "noble wolf."

  7. ADOLF: Modern form of Old German Adalwolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  8. ADOLFO: Italian form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  9. ADOLFUS: Swedish form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  10. ADOLPH: English form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  11. ADOLPHE: French form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  12. ADOLPHO: Spanish form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  13. ADOLPHUS: Latin form of Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  14. AETHELWULF: Anglo-Saxon form of Old German Adalwulf, meaning "noble wolf."

  15. AHLF: Nickname for German Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  16. BARDAWULF: Variant of Anglo-Saxon Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."

  17. BARDOLPH: English form of Anglo-Saxon Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."
  18. BARDULF: "Bright wolf." Anglo-Saxon name derived from the Old English elements berht "bright" and wulf "wolf."
  19. BERTOLF: Variant of Anglo-Saxon Bardulf, meaning "bright wolf."

  20. COININ (Coinín): "Little wolf." Old Gaelic byname composed of the word cano "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

  21. COMHNALL: Scottish form of Irish/Gaelic Conall, meaning "strong as a hound/wolf."
  22. CONALL: Irish/Gaelic legend name of the Ulster hero who avenged Cuchulainn's death, meaning "strong as a hound/wolf."
  23. CONALLAN: Diminutive form of Irish/Gaelic Conall, meaning "little one who is strong as a hound/wolf."
  24. CÓNÁN: "Little hound/wolf." Irish/Gaelic name which was originally a nickname representing a diminutive form cú "hound, wolf."
  25. CONAN: English form of Irish/Gaelic Cónán, meaning "little hound/wolf."
  26. CONCHOBAR: "Hound/wolf-lover." Irish myth name of a king of Ulster. This is also the name from which English Connor was derived. 
  27. CONCHOBHAR: Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  28. CONCHOBOR: Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  29. CONCHOBUR: Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  30. CONCHUBHAR: Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  31. CONCHUIR (Conchúir): Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  32. CONCHUR (Conchúr): Variant of Irish Conchobar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  33. CONNELL: English form of Irish/Gaelic Conall, meaning "strong as a hound/wolf."
  34. CONNER: Variant of English Connor, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  35. CONNOR: English form of Irish Conchobhar, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."
  36. CONOR: Variant of English Connor, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."

  37. CONWAY: "Yellow hound/wolf." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic Ó Conbhuide "descendant of Cú Bhuidhe." 

  38. CU BHUIDHE (Cú Bhuidhe): "Yellow hound/wolf." Irish/Gaelic name derived from the elements cú "hound/wolf" and buidhe "yellow."

  39. CUAN (Cuán): "Little hound/wolf." Irish name derived from the element cú "hound/wolf, chief" combined with diminutive suffix.

  40. DOLPH: Nickname for English Adolph, meaning "noble wolf."

  41. ETHELWOLF: English form of Anglo-Saxon Aethelwulf, meaning "noble wolf."

  42. FAELAN (Fáelán): Variant of Irish/Gaelic Faolán, meaning "little wolf."

  43. FAOLAN (Faolán): "Little wolf." Irish/Gaelic name composed of the element faol "wolf" and a diminutive suffix.

  44. FILLIN: Variant of Irish/Gaelic Faolán, meaning "little wolf."

  45. GERWULF: "Spear-wolf." German name composed of the elements ger "spear" and wulf "wolf."

  46. HEMMING: Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse hamr, meaning "shape." The name may have originated as a byname for a "shape-shifter" or "werewolf."

  47. HOHNIHOHKAIYOHOS: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "high-backed wolf."

  48. HONIAHAKA: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."

  49. HRODULF: Variant of Germanic Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
  50. HRODWULF: "Famous wolf." Old Germanic name composed of the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf."
  51. HROLF: Contracted form of Old Germanic Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
  52. HROLFR (Hrólfr): Old Norse form of Germanic Hrolf, meaning "famous wolf."
  53. INGOLF: Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse Ingolfr, meaning "Ing's wolf."
  54. INGOLFR (Ingólfr): "Ing's wolf." Old Norse name composed of the name of the fertility god Ing and the element úlfr "wolf."

  55. IVAILO: Variant of Bulgarian Ivaylo, possibly meaning "wolf."

  56. IVAYLO: Bulgarian name, possibly meaning "wolf."

  57. KENYON: "Little wolf." Irish surname transferred to forename use, itself from Gaelic surname Mac Coinín "son of Coinín."

  58. KONNOR: Variant of English Connor, meaning "hound/wolf-lover."

  59. KUCKUNNIWI: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."

  60. LIULFR: "(?) wolf." Old Norse name of which the first element is unknown, while the second is from úlfr "wolf."

  61. LOPE: Spanish form of Latin Lupus, meaning "wolf."

  62. LOUP: French form of Latin Lupus, meaning "wolf."

  63. LOVEL: Variant of English Lovell, meaning "little wolf."
  64. LOVELL: English surname transferred to forename use, itself from the Old Norman French nickname Louvel, a diminutive of lou "wolf," meaning "little wolf." 

  65. LOWELL: English surname transferred to forename use, itself a variant of English Lovell, meaning "little wolf."

  66. LUPUS: Latin name derived from the word lupus, meaning "wolf."

  67. LYCURGUS: Latin form of Greek Lykourgos, meaning "wolf-work."
  68. LYKOURGOS: "Wolf-work." Greek myth name of a king who banned the cult of Dionysus and paid dearly for it, composed of the elements lykou "of a wolf" and ergon "deed, work."
  69. OCUMWHOWURST: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "yellow wolf."
  70. OCUNNOWHURST: Variant of Cheyenne Ocumwhowurst, meaning "yellow wolf."
  71. OHCUMGACHE: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "little wolf."

  72. PHELAN: English form of Irish/Gaelic Fáolan, meaning "little wolf."

  73. RADULF: "Wise wolf." German name composed of the elements rad "counsel" and wulf "wolf."

  74. RAFE: English variant of German Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."

  75. RALF: Variant of English Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."
  76. RALPH: Abbreviated form of German Radulf, meaning "wise wolf."
  77. RALPHIE: Pet form of Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."
  78. RANDAL: Variant of English Randall, meaning "shield-wolf."
  79. RANDALL: Medieval form of English Randolf, meaning "shield-wolf."
  80. RANDELL: Variant of English Randall, meaning "shield-wolf."
  81. RANDOLF: English name of Norman origin, a form of Anglo-Saxon Randwulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
  82. RANDOLPH: Variant of English Randolf, meaning "shield-wolf."
  83. RANDULFR: Old Norse equivalent of Anglo-Saxon Randwulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
  84. RANDWULF: "Shield-wolf." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements rand "rim of a shield" and wulf "wolf." 
  85. RANULF: Scottish form of Old Norse Randulfr, meaning "shield-wolf."
  86. RANULPH: Variant of Scottish Ranulf, meaning "shield-wolf."
  87. RAOUL: French from of German Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."

  88. RAUL: Italian and Spanish form of German Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."

  89. RODOLF: Dutch form of German Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."
  90. RODOLFO: Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of German Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."
  91. RODOLPH: Variant of French Rodolphe, meaning "famous wolf."
  92. RODOLPHE: French form of Latin Rudolphus, meaning "famous wolf."

  93. ROFFE: Swedish pet form of Scandinavian Rolf, meaning "famous wolf." 

  94. ROLF: Scandinavian form of Old Norse Hrolfr, meaning "famous wolf."

  95. ROLLO: Latin form of French Roul, meaning "famous wolf."
  96. ROLO: Variant of Latin Rollo, meaning "famous wolf."

  97. ROUL: Old French form of Scandinavian Rolf, meaning "famous wolf."

  98. RUDI: Nickname for German Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."

  99. RUDOLF: Modern form of Old Germanic Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
  100. RUDOLPH: English form of Latin Rudolphus, meaning "famous wolf."
  101. RUDOLPHUS: Latin form of Old Germanic Hrodwulf, meaning "famous wolf."
  102. RUDY: Nickname for English Rudolph, meaning "famous wolf."

  103. RUUD: Dutch nickname for German Rudolf, meaning "famous wolf."

  104. SANDALIO: Spanish form of Latin Sandalius, meaning "true wolf."
  105. SANDALIUS: Latin form of Gothic Sandulf, meaning "true wolf."
  106. SANDULF: "True wolf." Gothic name composed of the Germanic elements sand "true" and ulf "wolf."
  107. SEFF: Variant of Yiddish Zeff, meaning "wolf."
  108. SHOEMOWETOCHAWCAWEWAHCATOWE: Native American Cheyenne name meaning "high-backed wolf."

  109. ULBRECHT: Germanic name composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and beraht "bright." 

  110. ULF: Danish name derived from the Old Norse word úlfr, meaning "wolf."
  111. ULFGANGUR (Úlfgangur): Icelandic form of Germanic Wolfgang, meaning "wolf path."
  112. ULFHRAFN (Úlfhrafn): Icelandic form of Germanic Wolfram, meaning "wolf-raven."

  113. ULRIC: Norman form of Anglo-Saxon Wulfric, meaning "wolf power." 

  114. VARG: Norwegian name meaning "wolf."

  115. VELVEL: Yiddish name meaning "wolf."

  116. VUK: Nickname for Serbian Vukasin, meaning "wolf."

  117. VUKASIN: Serbian name meaning "wolf."

  118. WOLF: English name, meaning simply "wolf," and nickname for German names beginning with Wolf-.

  119. WOLFE: Variant of English Wolf, meaning "wolf."

  120. WOLFGANG: "Wolf path." Germanic name, composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and gang "path." meaning "wolf path." 
  121. WOLFRAM: "Wolf-raven." Germanic name composed of the elements wulf "wolf" and hramn "raven." 

  122. WULFRIC: "Wolf power." Anglo-Saxon name composed of the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and ric "power." 

  123. ZEEV: Hebrew name meaning "wolf." 

  124. ZEFF: Yiddish form of Hebrew Zev, meaning "wolf."

  125. ZEV: Variant of Hebrew Zeev, meaning "wolf."

• FEMALE:

  1. ADALWOLFA: Feminine form of German Adolf, meaning "noble wolf."

  2. ADOLPHA: Feminine form of Latin Adolphus, meaning "noble wolf." 

  3. AGWANG: African Luo name meaning "wolf."

  4. DACIANA: "Wolf." Romanian name derived from Roman Dacia, the name for the region that is today Moldova and Romania. According to Strabo, the Dacians were originally known as the daoi, from Phrygian daos, meaning "wolf." It is interesting to note, too, that daoi is the Gaelic word for a "wicked man."

  5. LUPE: "Wolf." Nickname for English Guadalupe ("river of the wolf").
  6. LUPITA: Pet form of English Lupe, meaning "wolf."
  7. RALPHINA: Feminine form of Ralph, meaning "wise wolf."

  8. ULRICA: Feminine form of Norman Ulric, meaning "wolf power."

  9. VELVELA: Feminine form of Yiddish Velvel, meaning "wolf."

  10. YLVA: Scandinavian name derived from Old Norse úlfr, meaning "she-wolf."