Given name
Gandolf
“staff, magic wand”
Gandolf is a masculine given name from German.
Original GermanGandalf
Meaning & origin
What it means
Gandolf possibly goes back to a word meaning “staff, magic wand.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Gandolf’s family of names
In German usage, Gandolf has a related form in GANDALF. In German usage, Gandolf has a related form in GANDULF.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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