Boy · Old High German
Wolfgang
Say it: VOLF-gahng
Meaning
From Germanic wolf 'wolf' and gang 'path, going'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Spread in Bavaria and Austria through Saint Wolfgang, and remains in use in German-speaking countries.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 2,560 babies given this name since 1929
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 12,200 boys
- 129 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Wolfgang |
|---|---|
| Czech | Wolfgang |
Famous bearers
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet
- Saint Wolfgang of Regensburg
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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