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First name origin & meaning:

Teutonic: Wolf strife

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

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: from the Middle English personal name Wulsi, Old English Wulfsige, composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + sige ‘victory’.
  2. George Woolsey came to New Amsterdam from England via the Netherlands in 1623.