Given name
Rodolphe
“glory”·“wolf”
Rodolphe is used as a given name. Rodolphe is connected with Rudolf.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rodolphe is built from elements meaning “glory” and “wolf”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Rodolphe is a form of Rudolf. An origin associated with Rudolf is Germanic. Rodolphe is a variant of Rudolph. An origin associated with Rudolph is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French use, Rodolphe is used as a form of Rudolf.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rodolphe is a form of Rudolf. The history of Rudolf gives this family its wider story. Rudolf has historical associations with the Habsburg dynasty.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rodolphe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 146 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 13 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 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 261 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rodolphe’s family of names
Rodolphe shares a linguistic root with Rudolf. In French usage, Rodolphe has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Rodolfo. Rodolphe has a related form in Rudolph.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Rodolphe has relatives in 8 languages.
7 related names in 8 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rodolphe
- Rodolphe TöpfferSwiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (1799-1846)
- Rodolphe SeeldrayersPresident of FIFA (1876-1955)
- Rodolphe KreutzerFrench violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)
- Rodolphe LindtSwiss chocolate manufacturer and inventor (1855-1909)
- Rodolphe RubattelSwiss politician (1896–1961)
- Rodolphe PomaBelgian rower (1885–1954)
- Rodolphe AlexandreFrench politician (born 1953)
- Rodolphe JulianFrench painter, etcher and pedagogue, founder of the Académie Julian (1839-1907)
- Rodolphe SalisFrench theatre director (1851-1897)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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