Rolf

A male given name: from Scandinavian words meaning “glory” and “wolf.”.

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Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name Hrolf, itself a contraction of Hrodwulf (Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words hrod ("renown") + wulf ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is Hrólfr.
The oldest evidence of the use of the name Rolf in Sweden is an inscription from the 11th century on a runestone in Mukilteo, Småland. Thee name also appears in Orkneyinga saga, where a scion of the jarls of Orkney, Gånge-Rolf, is said to be identical to the viking Rollo who captured Normandy in 911. Rolf is a first name or part of a double name in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland and Denmark, and to a lesser extent in Iceland.
In Europe the name Rolf is most popular in Sweden where, as of December 31, 2012, there were 54,737 people with Rolf as their first name or part of a double name. At the same time there were 511 people in Sweden with Rolf as their last name. As a given name, Rolf reached its peak in popularity in the decade of the 1960s.
The name day for Rolf in both Norway and Sweden is August 27. The Day for Rolf on the Finnish-Swedish calendar is March 6.
An alternate but less common variation of Rolf in Norway is Rolv.

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Masc. proper name, introduced in England by the Normans, from Old Norse Hrolfr, related to Old High German Hrodulf, literally "wolf of fame" (see Rudolph). Rolfing (1972) as a deep massage technique is named for U.S. physiotherapist Ida P. Rolf (1897-1979), and first attested 1958, as Rolf Technique.

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Famous wolf, wolf fame. From Hrodulf, combine of hrod (fame) and wulf (wolf).

Rodolfo, Hrolfr, Rudi, Rudolph, Ruedi, Rudolfs, Rudolf, Hrolf

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Rolf Harris	1930	Australian-born, British-based entertainer and convicted sex offender
2	Rolf Eden	1930	German actor
3	Rolf Lassgård	1955	Swedish actor
4	Rolf Benirschke	1955	Player of American football
5	Rolf Brendel	1957	German musician
6	Rolf Miller	1967	German cabaret artist
7	Rolf Seelmann-Eggebert	1937	German television presenter and journalist
8	Rolf Bae	1975	Norwegian Arctic adventurer and mountaineer
9	Rolf Scheider	1956	German make-up artist and model
10	Rolf Erb	1951	Swiss entrepreneur
11	Rolf Løvland	1955	Composer
12	Rolf Töpperwien	1950
13	Rolf Wütherich	1927	Vgerman racecar driver
14	Rolf Kanies	1957	German actor
15	Rolf Heißler	1948	German criminal
16	Rolf Feltscher	1990	Footballer
17	Rolf Kahn	1943	German footballer
18	Rolf Steiner	1933	German mercenary
19	Rolf Dobelli	1966	Swiss writer
20	Rolf Stommelen	1943	German racecar driver
21	Rolf de Heer	1951	Film director, writer, producer
22	Ida Rolf	1896	American biochemist, creator of Rolfing
23	Rolf Aurness	1952	American surfer
24	Rolf Saxon	1955	American actor
25	Rolf Boysen	1920	German actor and voice actor
26	Rolf R. Bigler	1930	Swiss journalist and writer (1930-1978)
27	Rolf Königs	1941	German functionary
28	Rolf Bengtsson	1931	Swedish actor and singer
29	Rolf Anschütz	1932	German restaurateur, waiting staff and cook
30	Rolf Porseryd	1947	Swedish journalist
31	Rolf Kalb	1959	German journalist
32	Rolf M. Zinkernagel	1944	Swiss immunologist
33	Rolf Maximilian Sievert	1896	Swedish medical physicist, professor
34	Rolf Castell	1921	German actor and radio host
35	Rolf Braun	1929
36	Rolf McPherson	1913	Denominational leader; clergy
37	Rolf Landauer	1927	American-German physicist, engineer
38	Rolf Stahlhofen	1968	German songwriter
39	Rolf Mayr	1964	German basketball player
40	Rolf Nevanlinna	1895	Finnish mathematician (1895–1980) known for his research in complex analysis
41	Rolf Henniger	1925	German actor
42	Rolf Hochhuth	1931	German writer
43	Rolf Losansky	1931	German film director and screenwriter
44	Rolf Czurda
45	Rolf Nagel	1929	German actor
46	Rolf Armstrong	1889	American painter of pin-up art
47	Rolf Buch	1965
48	Rolf Wikström	1949
49	Rolf Sørensen	1965	Road bicycle racer
50	Rolf Björling	1928	Swedish actor
51	Rolf Potts	1970	American writer
52	Rolf Sachs	1955	German artist
53	Rolf Lislevand	1961	Norwegian musician
54	Rolf Kasparek	1961	German singer and guitarist
55	Rolf Morrien	1972	German author
56	Rolf Noskwith	1919	World War II-era British Intelligence officer, cryptographer partially responsible for breaking the German Enigma code. Post-war businessman.
57	Rolf Köhler	1951	German musician singer and producer
58	Rolf Lappert	1958	Swiss writer
59	Rolf Illig	1925	German actor
60	Rolf Gardiner	1902	English rural revivalist
61	Rolf H. Dittmeyer	1921	German entrepreneur
62	Rolf von Sydow	1924	German film director and screenwriter
63	Rolf Labbart	1922	Finnish actor
64	Rolf Schneider	1932	German author
65	Bobby Brederlow	1961	German actor
66	Rolf Arland	1922	German composer
67	Tom Rolf	1931	Swedish film editor
68	Rolf Pohle	1942	German jurist
69	Rolf Verleger	1951	German psychologist
70	Rolf Pohl	1951	German psychologist
71	Rolf Liebermann	1910	Swiss composer
72	Rolf Linkohr	1941	German politician and physicist
73	Rolf Carls	1885	German admiral
74	Rolf Widerøe	1902	Accelerator physicist and engineer
75	Rolf Clement	1953	German journalist
76	Rolf Benz	1933	German entrepreneur
77	Rolf Trauernicht	1924	German entrepreneur
78	Rolf Nordhagen	1927	Norwegian physicist
79	Rolf Aldag	1968	German road bicycle racer
80	Rolf Ulrici	1922	German author
81	Rolf Nonnenmacher	1954	German university teacher
82	Rolf Zuckowski	1947	German singer
83	Rolf Lüders	1935
84	Rolf Koster	1968	Actor, Voice actor, singer
85	Rolf Jacobsen	1907	Norwegian poet, writer
86	Rolf Kramer	1938	German journalist
87	Rolf Günther	1913	Deputy to Adolf Eichmann
88	Rolf Krenzer	1936	German author
89	Rolf Dieter Brinkmann	1940	German poet
90	Rolf Bohnsack	1937	German actor
91	Rolf Berger	1936
92	Rolf Steinhäuser	1952
93	Rolf Singer	1906	German mycologist
94	Rolf Kutschera	1916	Austrian actor and film director
95	Rolf Disch	1944	German architect
96	Rolf Martin Schmitz	1957
97	Rolf Jährling	1913	German architect
98	Rolf Ekéus	1935	Swedish diplomat
99	Rolf Rosenthal	1911
100	Rolf Fehlbaum	1941	Swiss businessman
101	Rolf Aamot	1934	Swedish painter, film director and photographer
102	Rolf Ellmer	1960	German musician
103	Rolf Hoppe	1930	German actor
104	Rolf Schnellecke	1944	German politician and jurist
105	Rolf Gutbrod	1910	German architect
106	Rolf Huisgen	1920	German chemist
107	Rolf Mützenich	1959	German politician
108	Rolf Hovden	1947	Norwegian journalist
109	Rolf Merkle	2000	German psychotherapist and author
110	Rolf Rosenbrock	1945	German professor
111	Rolf Smedvig	1952	American musician
112	Rolf Dahlgrün	1908	German politician
113	Rolf Dahlgren	1932	Swedish-Danish botanist
114	Rolf Gössner	1948	German opinion journalist
115	Rolf Ericson	1922	Swedish musician
116	Rolf Alsing	1948	Swedish writer and journalist
117	Rolf Alexander Wilhelm	1927	German composer and conductor
118	Rolf Fringer	1957	Soccer coach
119	Rolf Mützelburg	1913	German World War II U-boat commander
120	Rolf M. Aagaard	1945	Norwegian photographer
121	Rolf Thomsen	1915	German admiral and U-boat commander during World War II
122	Rolf Zacher	1941	German actor
123	Rolf Schmidt-Holtz	1948	German journalist
124	Rolf Nesch	1893	German artist
125	Rolf Faste	1943	American industrial designer
126	Rolf Klein	1951	German composer
127	Rolf Kristian Larsen	1983	Norwegian actor
128	Rolf Arnold	1952	German educationist
129	Rolf Larsen	1934	American judge
130	Ernst Rolf	1891	Swedish actor
131	Rolf Kosiek	1934	German politician and author
132	David Rolf	1969	American labor leader
133	Frederick Rolf	1926	Actor
134	Rolf Furuli	1942	Lecturer and author
135	Rolf Clemens Wagner	1944	German terrorist
136	Rolf Pfeifer	1947	Artificial intelligence researcher
137	Rolf Rüssmann	1950	German footballer
138	Rolf Borzik	1944	German costume designer and scenographer (1944-1980)
139	Rolf Dubs	1935	Swiss university teacher and writer
140	Rolf Jülich	1932	German actor and voice actor
141	Rolf Pingel	1913	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
142	Rolf Schweizer	1936
143	Rolf Hermichen	1918	German flying ace
144	Rolf Gindorf	1939	German sexologist
145	Rolf Kaldrack	1913	German flying ace
146	Rolf Basedow	1947	German Writer
147	Rolf Kuhn	1946	German university teacher
148	Rolf Kirkvaag jr.	1948	Norwegian actor
149	Rolf Soiron	1945	Swiss politician
150	Rolf Oerter	1931	German author
151	Rolf Roosalu	1982	Estonian singer
152	Rolf Fromme	1914	German officer and Knight's Cross recipient
153	Rolf Brack	1953	German handball player
154	Rolf Italiaander	1913	German author and translator
155	Rolf Kreibich	1938	German physicist
156	Rolf Stein	1911	French tibetologist
157	Rolf Dörig	1957	Swiss jurist
158	Rolf Giesen	1953	German screenwriter, journalist, author and historian
159	Rolf Hermann	1981	German association football player and handball player
160	Rolf Gerlach	1953	German economist
161	Rolf Beeler		Swiss affineur
162	Rolf Schwendter	1939	Austrian author
163	Rolf Dudley-Williams	1908	British politician
164	Rolf Kühn	1929	German jazz clarinetist, composer and big band leader
165	Rolf Putziger	1926	German entrepreneur
166	Rolf Holub	1956	Austrian actor
167	Rolf Tibblin	1937	Swedish motorcycle racer
168	Rolf Biland	1951	German motorcycle racer
169	Rolf Bietmann	1954	German politician
170	Rolf Dreyer	1948
171	Rolf Soja	1947	German musician
172	Rolf W. Schnyder	1935	Swiss businessman
173	Rolf Kalmuczak	1938	German author
174	Rolf Gehlhaar	1943	American composer
175	Rolf Börjlind	1943	Swedish actor and screenwriter
176	Rolf Åge Berg	1957	Ski jumper
177	Rolf Cahn	1924	American musician
178	Rolf Schilling	1950	German philosopher and writer
179	Rolf Mamero	1914	German actor and voice actor
180	Rolf Lydahl	1959	Swedish actor
181	Rolf Fredriksson	1953	Swedish journalist
182	Rolf Sohlman	1954	Actor, film director
183	Rolf Nida-Rümelin	1910	German sculptor
184	Rolf Magener	1910	German businessman
185	Rolf Tiedemann	1932	German sociologist
186	Rolf Rendtorff	1925	German biblical scholar
187	Rolf Annerberg	1948	Swedish politician
188	Rolf Herricht	1927	German comedian
189	Rolf Forsberg	1925	American director and writer
190	Rolf Rocholl	1918	German officer and Knight's Cross recipients
191	Rolf Kauka	1917	Comic artist
192	Rolf Seyfarth	1907	German politician and journalist
193	Rolf Lange	1942	German politician
194	Rolf Thiele	1918	Film director, film producer, screenwriter
195	Rolf Wolfshohl	1938	German racing cyclist
196	Rolf Becker	1920	German publisher
197	Rolf Wernstedt	1940	German politician and author
198	Rolf de Maré	1888	Swedish art collector
199	Rolf Bauerdick	1957	German writer, photographer and journalist
200	Rolf Raum	1956	German judge