Rudolph name - Meaning of Rudolph
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 4
- Usage
- English, Germanic
- Pronounced
- ROO-dahlf
- Rudolph Meaning
- English form of Rudolf, imported from Germany in the 19th century. Robert L. May used it in 1939 for his Christmas character Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rudolph originates in Germanic languages and means "legendary wolf". In most European countries it is used in its spelling variant Rudolf, historically borne by multiple kings and rulers. The English version Rudolph was popularized in the 1930s by Robert L. May and his Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. As a masculine given name it has lost its popularity lately.
Rudolph Related Names
Variants: Rodolph, Rudolf, Rudi, Rudy
Diminutive: Rudy
Other Languages: Hrodulf, Hrolf (Ancient Germanic), Hrólfr, Hróðólfr (Ancient Scandinavian), Rudolf (Armenian), Rudolf (Croatian), Rudolf (Czech), Rolf, Rudolf (Danish), Roelof, Rudolf, Rodolf, Roel, Ruud (Dutch), Rodolphe, Rodolph (French), Rolf, Rudolf, Rodolf, Rudi (German), Ruedi (German (Swiss) ), Rudolf, Rudi (Hungarian), Rodolfo (Italian), Roul (Medieval English), Roul (Medieval French), Rolf, Rudolf (Norwegian), Rudolf (Polish), Rodolfo (Portuguese), Rudolf (Russian), Rudolf (Slovene), Rodolfo, Fito, Rodolfito (Spanish), Rolf, Rudolf, Roffe (Swedish)
Rudolph Celebrities
Rudolf Diesel - inventor,
