Given name & surname
Rolph
“a famous wolf”
Rolph is a variant of Rolf. In Scandinavian use, Rolf carries the interpretation “a famous wolf.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rolph 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 1932. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rolph through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 5 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 142 as a first name in 2020; 1,308 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.
Rolph’s family of names
Rolph has a related form in Rolf. In English usage, Rolph has a conventional equivalent in the German form Rolf.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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