Gangolf

Gangolf is a male first name and family name .

Origin and meaning

The first name Gangolf is of Franconian origin and is made up of the elements gang "gang" and wolf "wolf". The same elements appear in the first name Wolfgang in reverse order.

name day

Name day is May 11 after St. Gangolf , who, according to legend, was murdered around 760.

Name bearer

First name

• Gangolf Hübinger (* 1950), German historian
• Gangolf von Kieseritzky (1847–1904), German Baltic classical archaeologist
• Gangolf Ralinger (* approx. 1587; † around 1663), auxiliary bishop in Speyer
• Gangolf Stocker (* 1944), Stuttgart painter, local politician and spokesman for the action alliance against the Stuttgart 21 project

family name

• Paul Gangolf (1879–1936), German artist