Wolf (name)
Wolf is a given name and a surname. It is common among Germanic-speaking peoples, alongside variants such as Wulf. Names which translate to English "wolf" are also common among other nations, including many Native American peoples within the current or former extent of the habitat of the grey wolf.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 53.2% of all known bearers of the surname Wolf were residents of Germany, 27.4% of the United States, 3.9% of Austria, 2.5% of Brazil, 1.4% of Switzerland, 1.2% of the Netherlands and 1.0% of France.In Germany, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following states:
Given name
- Wolf Biermann, German singer-songwriter
- Wolf Blitzer, American journalist
- Wolf Burchard, British-German art historian
- Wolf Heckmann, German journalist
- Wolf Henzler, German racing driver
- Wolf Hilbertz, German architect
- Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
- Wolf Howard, English artist and musician
- Wolf Kahler, German actor
- Wolf Kahn, German-born American painter
- Wolf Karni, Finnish football referee
- Wolf Larson, Canadian actor
- Wolf Mail, Canadian guitarist
- Wolf Mankowitz, English writer
- Wolf Mendlin, Russian economist
- Wolf Ruvinskis, Mexican actor
- Wolf Schäfer, German-American historian
- Wolf Curt von Schierbrand, German zoologist
- Wolf Van Halen, American bassist
- Wolf V. Vishniac, American biologist
- Wolf Wigo, American water polo player and coach
Surname
- Aaron Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Abraham Wolf, Russian-born English historian, writer, philosopher, and rabbi
- Alfred Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Alice Wolf, American politician
- Aliya Wolf, American model
- Allan Wolf, American author
- Amnon Wolf, Israeli actor and dubber
- Ann Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Armin Wolf, Austrian journalist and television anchor
- Austin Wolf, American pornographic actor
- Benno Wolf, German judge, speleologist, and Holocaust victim
- Carrie Wolf, American officer and judge advocate
- Charles Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Christa Wolf, German writer
- Christie Wolf, American bodybuilder and wrestler
- Christopher Howard Wolf, American game and comic book creator
- Clarence Wolf, American banker, businessman, and politician
- Dale E. Wolf, American politician
- Daniel James Wolf, American music composer
- Danny Wolf, American-Israeli basketball player
- David Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Dick Wolf, American television producer
- Diego Wolf, Argentine water polo player
- Dragutin Wolf, Croatian industrialist
- Dustin Wolf, American ice hockey goaltender
- Edwin Wolf, American manufacturer and banker
- Eli Wolf, American football player
- Emil Wolf, American physicist
- Emma Wolf, American novelist
- Eric Wolf, American anthropologist
- Ernst Wilhelm Wolf, German composer
- Ethan Wolf, American football player
- Frank Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- František Wolf, Czech mathematician
- Franz Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Fred Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Friedrich Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Gary Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Guido Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Gusti Wolf, Austrian actor
- Hanna Wolf, East German historian and politician
- Hannes Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Hanns Wolf, German composer and pianist
- Harry Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Heinrich Wolf, Austrian chess player
- Henry Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer
- J. J. Wolf, American tennis player
- Jack Keil Wolf, American computer scientist
- Jackson Wolf, American baseball player
- James Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Jenny Wolf, German ice speed skater
- Jeremy Wolf, American-Israeli baseball player
- Jim Wolf, American baseball umpire
- Jimmy Wolf, American baseball player
- Joan Wolf, American writer
- Joe Wolf, American basketball player
- Johann Christoph Wolf, German Hebraist and book collector
- John Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Josef Wolf, Czech cyclist, see Josef Volf
- Joseph Wolf, German natural history illustrator
- Joseph A. Wolf, American mathematician
- Josh Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Julia Wolf, British mathematician
- Julius Wolf, German basketball player
- Kate Wolf, American folk singer and songwriter
- Katie Wolf, American politician
- Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer
- Konrad Wolf, German film director
- Lana Wolf, Dutch rock singer and radio producer
- Laurent Wolf, French music producer
- Linda Wolf, American-born photographer and writer
- Lucien Wolf, English journalist
- Marek Wolf, Czech astronomer
- Marilyn Wolf, American computer engineer
- Marius Wolf, German footballer
- Markus Wolf, East German intelligence head
- Mary Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Max Wolf, German astronomer
- Michael Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Michelle Wolf, American comedian, writer, producer, and television host
- Milton A. Wolf, American real estate developer and diplomat
- Naomi Wolf, American author, journalist, and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton
- Notker Wolf, German Benedictine monk, priest, musician and author
- Patrick Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Peter Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Randy Wolf, American baseball player
- Raymond Wolf, American athlete and coach
- Remi Wolf, American musician
- Robert Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Ron Wolf, American football general manager
- Rudolf Wolf, Swiss astronomer and mathematician
- Scott Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Sebastian Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Sherry Wolf, American photorealist painter and designer
- Shmuel Wolf, Hungarian-born Israeli actor
- Simon Wolf, American businessman, lawyer, diplomat and Jewish activist
- Slavko Wolf, Croatian lawyer, chess player and writer
- Solly Wolf, British businessman residing in the UAE
- Steven Wolf (disambiguation), several people, includes Stephen
- Susan Wolf, American moral philosopher
- Sven Wolf German politician
- Thomas Wolf (disambiguation), several people, includes Thom and Tom
- Tony Wolf, pseudonym of Italian illustrator and writer Antonio Lupatelli
- Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania
- Wally Wolf, American swimmer, water polo player, and Olympic champion
- Wally Wolf (baseball), American baseball player
- Walter Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Warner Wolf, American television and radio sports broadcaster
- Warren Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Wilhelm Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- William Wolf (disambiguation), several people
- Wolfgang Wolf, German soccer player and coach
- Yoni Wolf, American alternative hip-hop/indie rock artist, best known for WHY? project
Nickname or stage name
- Enzo Coloni, Italian race car driver and founder of the Scuderia Coloni racing team, nicknamed "the wolf"
- Gustav Wagner, Austrian SS officer at Sobibór extermination camp
- Michael Van Wijk, known by the pseudonym Wolf on the television series Gladiators
- Tyler, the Creator often calls himself in his songs Wolf Haley
Fictional characters
- Wolf Larsen, in the 1904 novel The Sea-Wolf by Jack London
- Father Wolf, in the 1894 novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
- Ralph Wolf, in a series of animated cartoons from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies
- Wolf, in the 1984 novel The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
- The Wolf, the name by which Ezra is known in The Night Angel Trilogy fantasy series
- Wolf, codename for a character in the novel Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
- Wolf, the nickname given to Ze'ev Kesley of The Lunar Chronicles fantasy novel series
- Bigby Wolf, in the comic book series Fables
- Wolf (The 10th Kingdom), on the television show The 10th Kingdom
- Wolf, from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem, and their respective remakes
- Wolf O'Donnell, in the Star Fox series of video games
- Claudia Wolf, in the Silent Hill video game series
- Crying Wolf, in the Metal Gear video game series
- Sniper Wolf, in the Metal Gear video game series
- Wolf Hawkfield, in the Virtua Fighter video game series
- Wolf, street name for a character in Need for Speed: Carbon
- Marcus Wolf, from the film Deep Impact
- Marty Wolf, a film producer and the main antagonist of Big Fat Liar
- Wolf, a main character in the streaming television series Future Man
- Wolf Stoller, a German banker from Herman Wouk's The Winds of War book and television miniseries
- Wolf, the protagonist of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Wolf, a main character in the animated television series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
- Wolf Edmunds, a deceased astronaut in the 2014 science fiction film Interstellar
- Lazar Wolf, a prominent supporting character in Fiddler on the Roof
- Wolf, a playable character in the Payday video game series developed by Overkill Software.