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Адольф
“noble wolf”
Адольф (Adólʹf) is a masculine given name from German. It is used in Russian.
Belarusian and Russian and Ukrainian and rueWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Adolph.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Адольф possibly goes back to Old High German Adolf, meaning “noble wolf.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Old High German Adolf, from German, from English, from Old Norse, from Gothic 𐍅𐌿𐌻𐍆𐍃, from Sanskrit.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Адольф’s family of names
In Russian usage, Адольф shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form ADOLFAS. In Russian usage, Адольф has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Adolfo. In Russian usage, Адольф has a conventional equivalent in the English form Adolph.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Адольф has relatives in 9 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.
Germanwhere Адольф comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
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