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Boy · Old High German
Wolfram
Say it: VOLF-rahm
Meaning
From Germanic wolf 'wolf' and hraban 'raven'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 46 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 213,300 boys
- 8 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Wolfram von Eschenbach, author of Parzival
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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