Boy · Old English
Cynewulf
Say it: KIN-eh-wulf
Meaning
From Old English cyne 'royal' and wulf 'wolf'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The poet Cynewulf signed his name in runes in four surviving Old English poems.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Cynewulf, Old English poet
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Where this comes from
- Anglo-Saxon charters, chronicles and church records
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
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