Rudolph (name)

Rudolf the First of the German Habsburg Dynasty
Pronunciation	/ruːdɒlf/ German: [ˈʁuːdɔlf]
Gender	Male
Word/name	German
Meaning	Famous wolf
Related names	Rodolfo, Rolf

Rudolph or Rudolf (French: Rodolphe, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish: Rodolfo) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from two stems: Rod or Hrōð, meaning "fame", and olf meaning "wolf" (see also Hroðulf; cf. Adolf).