Given name
Wolfhart
“wolf”·“hard, brave”
Wolfhart is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old High German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wolfhart is built from elements meaning “wolf” and “hard, brave”.
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How it developed
From Proto-West Germanic *Wulfahardu, built from Proto-West Germanic *wulf (“wolf”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, brave”).
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Wolfhart’s family of names
In Old High German usage, Wolfhart shares a linguistic root with the Old English form Wulfheard. In Old High German usage, Wolfhart has an alternative spelling in Uuolfhart. In Old High German usage, Wolfhart has a related form in Uuolfhart.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Wolfhart
- Wolfhart PannenbergGerman theologian (1928–2014)
- Wolfhart Zimmermannphysicist (1928–2016)
- Wolfhart HeinrichsGerman Arabic scholar (1941–2014)
- Wolfhart WestendorfGerman Egyptologist (1924-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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