Boy name Old German origin Christian tradition

Wolfgang

VOLF-gahng · 8 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Wolf path
Language
Old German
Culture
Germanic
Religion
Christian
Style era
classic
Themes
classic · animal
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#1534
2024 births115
Peak year2021
First appeared1929
Total US births3,104
2021 peak19291953197720002024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Wolfie
Alternate spellings
WolfgandWolfgan
In other languages
Wolfgang (German)Wolfgangus (Latin)Wojciech (Polish cognate)

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