Given name
Uuolfhelm
“wolf”·“helmet”
Uuolfhelm is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Uuolfhelm is built from elements meaning “wolf” and “helmet”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Wulfahelm, built from Proto-West Germanic *wulf (“wolf”) + *helm (“helmet”).
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The story
First recorded in 8th C. <small class='ce-date'>CE</small>.
Uuolfhelm’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Uuolfhelm shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Wulfhelm. In Old High German usage, Uuolfhelm has a related form in Wolfhalm.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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