Given name & surname
Brynolf
“mail, armour”·“wolf”
Brynolf is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Brynolf is built from elements meaning “mail, armour” and “wolf”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Brynolf’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Brynolf
- Brynolf AlgotssonSwedish Roman Catholic bishop and saint1250–1317
- Brynolf BlomqvistFinnish architect1855–1921
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Brynjolvur
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Brunila
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Torolf
“thor's wolf”
>99% boys
Braithwaite
“broad”
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