Wulfrun

Gender Feminine
Usage Anglo-Saxon [1][2]

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English elements wulf "wolf" and run "secret lore, rune". This was the name of a 10th-century English noblewoman who founded the city of Wolverhampton.

Related Names

Other Languages & CulturesWulfruna(History)

Categories

animals, canines, fauna, history, nobility, secrets, wolf

Sources & References

  1. Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
  2. Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 517.
Entry updated December 7, 2022