Given name & surname
Rodolph
Rodolph is a masculine given name from Proto-Germanic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In English use, Rodolph has a related form in Rudolph. An origin associated with Rudolph is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rodolph through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 189
- 189 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 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 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 157 as a first name in 2020; 221 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.
Rodolph’s family of names
In English usage, Rodolph has a related form in Rudolph.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Rodolph
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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