Given name
Botwulf
“aid, assistance”·“wolf”
Botwulf is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Botwulf is built from elements meaning “aid, assistance” and “wolf”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Bōtuwulf, built from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu (“aid, assistance”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Botwulf’s family of names
In Old English usage, Botwulf has a later derivative in Boston.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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