Given name
Wulfhelm
“wolf”·“helmet”
Wulfhelm is a masculine given name from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wulfhelm 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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Wulfhelm’s family of names
In Old English usage, Wulfhelm shares a linguistic root with the Old High German form Uuolfhelm. In Old English usage, Wulfhelm has a related form in Wulfelm. In Old English usage, Wulfhelm has a related form in Wulfelm.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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