Given name
Wulfheard
“wolf”·“hard, brave”
Wulfheard is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wulfheard 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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Wulfheard’s family of names
In Old English usage, Wulfheard shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form WOLFHART.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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