
Gender: Masculine
Origin: Germanic
Meaning: “Noble Wolf.”
Pronunciation: (AH-dawlf)
Nicknames: Ado, Dolf, Alf, Alfie
Detail: From the Germanic name Adalwolf, which meant “noble wolf” from the Germanic elements adal “noble” and wulf.
Male Variations:
- Aadolf (Finnish)
- Aadolf (Finnish)
- Aatoli (Finnish)
- Aatolppi (Finnish)
- Aatoltti (Finnish)
- Aatolvi (Finnish)
- Aatovi (Finnish)
- Aatto (Finnish)
- Aatu (Finnish)
- Adalwolf (Ancient Germanic)
- Ádo (Sami)
- Adolf (German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Ancient Germanic)
- Adolfe (Danish)
- Adolfito (Spanish)
- Adolfo (Italian, Spanish)
- Adolph (English)
- Adolphe (French)
- Adolphus (Ancient Germanic (Latinized))
- Alef (Swedish)
- Aleph (Swedish)
- Alf (Scandinavian)
- Doffen (Norwegian)
- Dölf (Limburgish)
- Dolf (Swedish)
- Dolph (English)
- Dolph (Swedish)
- Dulf (Limburgish)
- Fito (Spanish)
- Tolhvi (Finnish)
- Tolkki (Finnish)
- Tolppi (Finnish)
- Tolppo (Finnish)
- Tolvi (Finnish)
Female Variations:
- Aadolfiia (Finnish)
- Aadolfiina (Finnish)
- Aatohviina (Finnish)
- Aatolva (Finnish)
- Aatolviina (Finnish)
- Adolfa (English)
- Adolfina (Finnish, Swedish)
- Adolfine (Danish, Norwegian)
- Adolpha (English)
- Alfiina (Finnish)
- Alviina (Finnish)
- Atofiina (Finnish)
- Atohviina (Finnish)
- Tolviina (Finnish)
- Viina (Finnish)
- Viinu (Finnish)
Is Adolf forever off limits? Middle name? How about his variations? How strongly do you feel about this name?
I think he is very handsome, however some people have gone as far to say that they would “doubt the morality of such a person” who would bear this name onto a child. I find this a bit on the extreme side.
Will this forever be my tainted love?