Etymology

Ludolph

L1U1D2O1L1P3H4

Today it means: A male given name from German. Full definition →

German Ludolf
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. German · derived fromLudolf
  2. English todayLudolph

Borrowed from German Ludolf, an ancient personal name composed of the Proto-Germanic elements *liudīz (“people”) + *wulfaz (“wolf”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.