Wolf (first name)
Wolf is a German male given name .
Origin and meaning
The personal name wolf is linguistically identical to the animal called wolf .
variants
- German:
- Scandinavian: Ulf
- Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian : Vuk
- Hebrew : Zeʾev
Name bearer
wolf
- Wolf (* 1949), stage name of Wolfgang Preuss, German chanson and pop singer
- Wolf E. Allihn (* 1932), German educator and writer
- Wolf-Rüdiger Arnold , also Wolf Arnold (* 1939), German writer
- Wolf-Eberhard Barth (* 1941), German forest officer, cynologist and nature conservationist
- Wolf von Baudissin (1907–1993), General in the Bundeswehr
- Wolf Dietrich von Beichlingen (1665–1725), Grand Chancellor and Court Marshal of Augustus the Strong
- Wolf-Dietrich Berg (1944-2004), German actor
- Wolf Biermann (* 1936), German songwriter and poet
- Wolf Blitzer (* 1948), American journalist and television presenter
- Wolf-Dieter Ebersbach (* 1940), German television presenter and journalist
- Wolf Englert (1924–1997), German painter, set designer and film architect
- Wolf Erlbruch (* 1948), German illustrator and children's book author
- Wolf Feller (1930–2014), German journalist
- Wolf Haas (* 1960), Austrian writer
- Wolf-Dieter Hasenclever (* 1945), German politician
- Wolf-Dieter Herrmann (* 1950), German television presenter
- Wolf Kaiser (1916–1992), German actor
- Wolf-Dieter Kohler (1928–1985), German art and glass painter
- Wolf-Dieter Poschmann (* 1951), German television presenter
- Wolf Roth (* 1944), German actor
- Wolf Gerlach (1928–2012), German film architect, inventor of the Mainzelmännchen
- Wolf Gerlach (actor) (* 1980), German actor
- Wolf Hirth (1900–1959), German engineer and glider pioneer
- Wolf Ladenburg (1766–1851), trader and banker from Baden
- Wolf von Lojewski (* 1937), journalist and ZDF presenter
- Wolf Maahn (* 1955), German rock musician
- Frank-Wolf Matthies (* 1951), German writer
- Wolf Oschlies (* 1941), German political scientist, journalist and Eastern Europe expert
- Wolf Przygode (1895–1926), German writer and lawyer
- Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1559–1617), Prince Archbishop of Salzburg
- Wolf Schluchter (1944–2018), German social scientist
- Wolf Schmidt (1913–1977), German actor
- Wolf Schunke (* 1940), German diplomat
- Wolf Serno (* 1944), German writer
- Wolf Jobst Siedler (1926–2013), German publisher and writer
- Wolf Siegelmann (* 1958), German cameraman
- Wolf Singer (* 1943), German brain researcher
- Wolf Ernst zu Stolberg (1546–1606), German politician
- Wolf Trutz (1887–1951), German actor
- Wolf Vostell (1932–1998), German painter, sculptor and happening artist
- Wolf Werner (1942–2018), German football coach
- Wolf Wondratschek (* 1943), German writer
- Ronald Wolf Möbus , German right-wing extremist and musician, see Ronald Möbus
Wulf
- Wulf Bernotat (1948–2017), German manager
- Wulf Dorn (* 1969), German writer and thriller writer.
- Wulf Gallert (* 1963), German politician
- Wulf Herzogenrath (* 1944), German art historian and curator
- Wulf Kirschner (* 1947), German painter and sculptor
- Wulf Kirsten (* 1934), German poet
- Wulf Konold (1946–2010), German musicologist, dramaturge and artistic director
- Wulf Noll (* 1944), German writer and essayist
- Wulf Segebrecht (* 1935), German specialist in German
- Wulf Steinmann (1930–2019), German physicist and university professor