rudolph

     

Ruolph' or Rudolf or in Spanish and Italian Rodolfo is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is a Germanic name deriving from 2 stems. One being "Rod" or "Hrôdh", meaning "fame", and "olf" meaning "wolf" (see also Hroðulf). Roughly the name's original meaning was "famous wolf".

Trivia about rudolph

  • Though it's old German for "famous wolf", we know it better as the name of a red-nosed reindeer
  • We'll think you very bright if you name this ninth reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh
  • This shiny-nosed one of Santa's reindeer was made up by an adman in 1939. That's right, you heard me. Made up
  • It seems the legend of this ninth reindeer may last longer than the store it was created for -- Montgomery Ward
  • Giuliani,Valentino,the Red-Nosed Reindeer
  • Former president Gerald Ford's middle name

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