Given name & surname
Rolfe
“a famous wolf”
Rolfe is a variant of Rolf. In Scandinavian use, Rolf carries the interpretation “a famous wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rolfe is a variant of Rolf. In Scandinavian use, Rolf carries the interpretation “a famous wolf.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rolfe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 543
- 543 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 20 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 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 1955. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 380 as a first name in 2020; 4,349 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.
Rolfe’s family of names
Rolfe has a related form in Rolf. In English usage, Rolfe as a surname has a related form in Rowe. In English usage, Rolfe as a surname has a related form in ROOF.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Rolfe
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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