Given name & surname
Dolph
“a noble wolf”
Dolph is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a noble wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a noble wolf.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dolph through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 626
- 626 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 284 as a first name in 2020; 1,663 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dolph’s family of names
In English usage, Dolph is a diminutive of Adolph. Dolph has a related form in Dolphus. Dolph has a related form in Dolf.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Dolph
- Dolph LundgrenSwedish actor and martial artist (born 1957)
- Dolph SchayesAmerican basketball player and coach (1928–2015)
- Dolph BriscoeAmerican politician (1923–2010)
- Dolph van der ScheerDutch speed skater (1909-1966)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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