Given name · also German
Rūdolfs
Rūdolfs is a masculine given name from Middle High German, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Latvian.
Original GermanRudolf
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rūdolfs comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German Ruodolf, from Old High German *Ruodolf, from Proto-West Germanic *Hrōþiwulf, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rūdolfs’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Rūdolfs shares a linguistic root with the English form Rudolph. In Latvian usage, Rūdolfs has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Rodolfo. In Latvian usage, Rūdolfs has a conventional equivalent in the English form Rudolph.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rūdolfs has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rūdolfs
- Rūdolfs BlaumanisLatvian writer, journalist and playwright (1863–1908)
- Rūdolfs BalcersLatvian ice hockey playerborn 1997
- Rūdolfs JurciņšLatvian basketball player (1909–1948)
- Rūdolfs BangerskisLatvian SS officer (1878-1958)
- Rūdolfs BārdaLatvian footballer (1903-1991)
- Rūdolfs PērleLatvian painter1875–1917
- Rūdolfs VītolsLatvian middle distance runner (1892-1942)
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