Meaning, origin and history of the name Velvel

Gender Masculine

Scripts װעלװל(Yiddish)

Meaning & History

Means "little wolf" in Yiddish, a diminutive of װאָלףֿ (volf) meaning "wolf". This is a vernacular form of Zeev.

VariantWolf

Feminine FormVelvela

Other Languages & CulturesWolf(Ancient Germanic) Uffe, Ulf(Danish) Wolf, Wolfe(English) Ulf, Wolf, Wulf(German) Úlfur(Icelandic) Ulf(Norwegian) Úlfr(Old Norse) Ulf(Swedish)

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