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Wolfram - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Wolfram

[ 2 syll. wol-fram, wo-lfr-am ] The boy name Wolfram is pronounced WUHLFRAEM KEY. Wolfram's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in German. Two-element name derived from wulf and hramn with the meanings 'wolf' and 'raven' respectively. The name was borne by the German knight and poet Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170-1220), one of the greatest epic poets of his era. A variant of Wolfram is Wulfram (German).

In addition, Wolfram is a variant (German) of Wolfgang (English and German). Wolf (short form in English, German, and Hebrew) is another variant of the name.

Wolfram is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Wolfram include Wilburn (English) and Wulfram (German).

KEY: English pronunciation for Wolfram: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; UH as in "hood (HH.UH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"


 
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