Given name
Wulfhere
“wolf”·“army”
Wulfhere is a masculine given name. It is used in Old English.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wulfhere is built from elements meaning “wolf” and “army”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Anglo-Saxon.
Wulfhere’s family of names
In Old English usage, Wulfhere shares a linguistic root with the Old Norse form Ulfarr. Wulfhere has a related form in Wolfhear. Wulfhere has a related form in Wolfheer.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
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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