100+ Names That Mean Wolf for Boys and Girls (2026)

This list has more than 100 names that mean wolf, sorted into boy, girl and unisex sections, then names built from the Germanic element wulf, and a last group of famous wolves from mythology and fiction. Each entry gives the origin language and the accepted meaning, and where the etymology is disputed the entry says so.

How to use this list

Wolf is one of the oldest name meanings in Europe. The Germanic languages made dozens of compound names from wulf (Rudolph, Randolph, Ralph, Arnulf), so a lot of everyday names mean wolf without anyone noticing. Outside that group, most traditions have a plain word for wolf in use as a name: Faolán in Irish, Vuk in Serbian, Ze’ev in Hebrew, Lupo in Italian, Kurt in Turkish. Tala and Guadalupe are the two most repeated wolf claims with the least support, and their entries say why.

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Boy names that mean wolf

The most direct choices for boys are Wolf, Faolán, Phelan, Lowell, Vuk, Ze’ev and Lupo.

Celtic

Faolán — Irish, “little wolf”
Faelan — anglicised Faolán
Phelan — Irish surname from Faolán, “little wolf”
Whelan — Irish surname variant of Phelan
Conall — Irish, usually “strong wolf”; some read cú as “hound”, so debated
Conan — Irish, “little hound” or “little wolf”; cú covers both
Connor — Irish Conchobhar, “lover of hounds” or “lover of wolves”; debated
Faoiltiarna — Irish, “wolf lord”
Bleddyn — Welsh, “wolf cub”
Bleiddian — Welsh, from blaidd, “wolf”

Latin and Romance

Lupo — Italian, “wolf”
Lupus — Latin, “wolf”
Lupin — French lupin, from Latin lupinus, “wolfish”
Lowell — English, from Norman louvel, “little wolf”
Lovell — variant of Lowell, “little wolf”
Loup — French, “wolf”
Lope — Spanish, from Latin lupus, “wolf”
Lobo — Spanish and Portuguese, “wolf”
Lupu — Romanian, “wolf”
Lupicinus — Latin, “little wolf”, a 5th-century saint

Greek

Lykos — Greek, “wolf”
Lycus — Latinised Lykos
Lycurgus — Greek Lykourgos, “wolf-work”, the lawgiver of Sparta
Autolycus — Greek, “the wolf itself”, grandfather of Odysseus
Lycaon — Greek, the king turned into a wolf by Zeus
Lycomedes — Greek, “wolf-cunning”

Slavic, Baltic and Finno-Ugric

Vuk — Serbian and Croatian, “wolf”
Vukašin — Serbian, from vuk, “wolf”
Vukan — Serbian, from vuk, “wolf”
Vlk — Czech and Slovak, “wolf”; rare as a name
Volkov — Russian surname, “son of the wolf”
Vilkas — Lithuanian, “wolf”
Farkas — Hungarian, “wolf”
Susi — Finnish, “wolf”; also a pet form of Susanna, so check which you mean

Norse and Germanic

Wolf — German and English, “wolf”
Wolfe — English spelling of Wolf
Ulf — Old Norse Úlfr, “wolf”
Ulv — Danish and Norwegian, “wolf”
Varg — Swedish, “wolf”; in Old Norse also “outlaw”
Velvel — Yiddish, “little wolf”

Hebrew, Arabic, Persian and Turkic

Ze’ev — Hebrew, “wolf”
Zev — English spelling of Ze’ev
Benjamin — Hebrew, “son of the right hand”; listed here because Jacob’s blessing calls Benjamin a ravenous wolf
Aws — Arabic, “wolf”; also “gift”
Sirhan — Arabic, “wolf”
Deeb — Arabic dhi’b, “wolf”; more common as a surname
Gorgin — Persian, from gorg, “wolf”, a hero of the Shahnameh
Kurt — Turkish, “wolf”; also a German short form of Konrad, “bold counsel”
Börü — Old Turkic, “wolf”
Bozkurt — Turkish, “grey wolf”
Chono — Mongolian, “wolf”

South and East Asian

Vrika — Sanskrit vṛka, “wolf”
Vrikodara — Sanskrit, “wolf-bellied”, an epithet of Bhima in the Mahabharata
Ōkami — Japanese 狼, “wolf”
Rou — Japanese 狼, “wolf”, the on’yomi reading
Lang — Chinese 狼, “wolf”; rare as a given name

Girl names that mean wolf

Ylva — Swedish, “she-wolf”
Ulva — Old Norse feminine of Úlfr, “she-wolf”
Ulfhild — Old Norse, “wolf battle”
Lupa — Latin, “she-wolf”, who nursed Romulus and Remus
Luperca — Latin, the she-wolf goddess of the Lupercalia
Louve — French, “she-wolf”
Loba — Spanish, “she-wolf”
Lowella — modern feminine of Lowell
Vukica — Serbian, “little she-wolf”
Vukosava — Serbian, from vuk, “wolf”
Asena — Turkish, the she-wolf of the Göktürk origin myth
Zeeva — Hebrew, “she-wolf”
Zeva — variant of Zeeva
Wolfhilde — German, “wolf battle”
Rudolfa — feminine of Rudolf, “famous wolf”
Adolfa — feminine of Adolf, “noble wolf”
Guadalupe — Spanish, the shrine of Our Lady; often glossed “river of the wolf” from Arabic wadi and Latin lupus, but the second half is disputed
Lupe — short form of Guadalupe; same debated meaning
Lupita — Spanish diminutive of Guadalupe
Tala — widely listed as Native American for “wolf”; no source names the language, so debated. As Tagalog it means “bright star”
Raksha — Hindi, “protection”; the mother wolf in The Jungle Book

Unisex names that mean wolf

Wolfie — English pet form of Wolf
Ookami — alternative romanisation of Ōkami
Ma’iingan — Ojibwe, “wolf”
Mahigan — Cree, “wolf”
Amarok — Inuit, a giant lone wolf of legend
Otsoa — Basque, “the wolf”; not related to Finnish Otso, which means bear
Ujk — Albanian, “wolf”; rare as a name
Lyall — Scottish, from Old Norse Liulfr, possibly “wolf”; debated

Names built from the Germanic wulf

These are the names that carry the wolf meaning in their second half, which is why they rarely appear on wolf lists.

Rudolph — Germanic, “famous wolf”
Rudolf — German spelling of Rudolph
Rodolfo — Spanish and Italian form of Rudolph
Rudy — pet form of Rudolph
Adolph — Germanic, “noble wolf”
Adolfo — Spanish and Italian form of Adolph
Randolph — Germanic, “shield wolf”
Randall — English form of Randolph
Ralph — Old Norse Ráðúlfr, “counsel wolf”
Rafe — English pronunciation-spelling of Ralph
Raoul — French form of Ralph
Rolf — Germanic, “famous wolf”
Rollo — Latinised Hrólfr, “famous wolf”, the founder of Normandy
Arnulf — Germanic, “eagle wolf”
Ludolf — Germanic, “famous wolf”
Gundolf — Germanic, “war wolf”
Ingolf — Old Norse, “Ing’s wolf”
Thorolf — Old Norse, “Thor’s wolf”
Wolfgang — German, “wolf path”
Wolfram — German, “wolf raven”
Wolfric — Old English, “wolf power”
Wulfric — Old English, “wolf power”
Ulric — English form of Wulfric; the German Ulrich is a different name, “prosperity and power”
Wulfstan — Old English, “wolf stone”
Beowulf — Old English, “bee wolf”, a kenning for bear
Æthelwulf — Old English, “noble wolf”, father of Alfred the Great
Eadwulf — Old English, “prosperity wolf”
Cynewulf — Old English, “royal wolf”, the Anglo-Saxon poet

Famous wolves from myth and fiction

Fenrir — Norse, the giant wolf who kills Odin at Ragnarök
Fenris — alternative form of Fenrir
Sköll — Norse, the wolf who chases the sun
Hati — Norse, the wolf who chases the moon
Geri — Norse, “the ravenous”, one of Odin’s two wolves
Freki — Norse, “the greedy”, Odin’s other wolf
Akela — the pack leader in The Jungle Book; Kipling’s coinage
Remus — Latin, twin founder of Rome, nursed by a she-wolf; the name does not mean wolf
Romulus — Latin, Rome’s founder; named for the city, not the wolf
Nymeria — Arya Stark’s direwolf, named for a warrior queen
White Fang — Jack London’s wolf-dog

Frequently asked questions

What boy names mean wolf?

The direct ones are Wolf, Ulf, Faolán, Phelan, Lowell, Lupo, Lope, Vuk, Ze’ev, Kurt and Farkas. Rudolph, Randolph, Ralph, Rolf and Wolfgang all contain the Germanic wulf.

What girl names mean wolf?

Ylva (“she-wolf”) is the most used in Europe. Lupa, Louve, Loba, Zeeva, Vukica and Asena are the other direct choices. Guadalupe and Tala are listed everywhere, but both claims are shaky.

Does Tala mean wolf?

It is repeated on nearly every wolf list, but none of them name the Native American language it comes from, which is usually a sign of an invented meaning. In Tagalog, Tala means “bright star”. If the wolf meaning matters, choose a name with a traceable source such as Ylva or Ma’iingan.

What name means lone wolf?

Amarok, the Inuit lone wolf of legend, is the closest. Varg has the double meaning of wolf and outlaw in Old Norse, the original lone wolf.

What names go with wolf names?

For a pack of siblings or characters, combine this list with names that mean moon, names that mean night and names that mean snow.