Wolf Family History
- Wolf Name Meaning
- English, Danish, and German: from a short form of the various Germanic compound names with a first element wolf ‘wolf’, or a byname or nickname with this meaning. The wolf was native throughout the forests of Europe, including Britain, until comparatively recently. In ancient and medieval times it played an important role in Germanic mythology, being regarded as one of the sacred beasts of Woden. This name is widespread throughout northern, central, and eastern Europe, as well as in Britain and German-speaking countries. German: habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a wolf, Middle High German wolf. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Volf meaning ‘wolf’, which is associated with the Hebrew personal name Binyamin (see Benjamin). This association stems from Jacob’s dying words ‘Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil’ (Genesis 49:27). Irish: variant spelling of Woulfe.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,220,072 Historical Documents with Wolf on Ancestry
- 1,562,184 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 507,273 Census and Voter Lists
- 152,666 Military Records
- 104,589 Immigration Records
- 893,360 Member Trees
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Number of Wolf families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wolf census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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