Wolfgang

  • [ VAWLF-gahng (German), WUWLF-gang (English) ]
  • German, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic elements wulf meaning "wolf" and gang "path". Two famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Vulfgang, Wolfgang
GERMAN: Wolfgang
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
GERMAN: Wolf