50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Old German name derived from the elements lant meaning "land" and wolf meaning "wolf". This name was borne by several Lombard nobles. Categories animals, canines, earth, historians, landforms, nobles, saints, wolf Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1011.