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First name origin & meaning:

Teutonic: Wolf strife

First name variations: Wolf, Wolfe, Wolfie, Wolcott, Woolsey

Last name origin & meaning:

German: from the Germanic personal name Wolfgang, composed of wolf ‘wolf’ + ganc ‘going’. From the late 10th century it became popular in Bavaria and the south as the name of a saint, Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Valerie Bertinelli, Eddie Van Halen

This name appears in the following lists: Composers, Nobel Prize Winners