Given name & surname
Dolphus
“a noble wolf”
Dolphus is a variant of Dolph. One German interpretation is “a noble wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dolphus is a variant of Dolph. One German interpretation is “a noble wolf.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Dolphus is a variant of Dolph. An origin associated with Dolph is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dolphus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,245
- 1,245 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 37 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 1978. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 343 as a first name in 2020; 181 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.
Dolphus’s family of names
Dolphus has a related form in Dolph.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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