Gender Masculine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]
Meaning & History
Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and noð "boldness, daring" [3]. This name became rare after the Norman Conquest.
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Sources & References
- Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
- Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 513.
- Reaney, P. H. and R. M. Wilson. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford, 1997, page 502.
