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BoyPronounced German /ˈvɔlf.ɡaŋ/; English /ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/German language family

Wolfgang

This name is derived from the Old German elements wolf meaning "wolf" and gang meaning "path, way".

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Wolfgang is a boy name.

Pronunciation: German /ˈvɔlf.ɡaŋ/; English /ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/.

GenderBoy
PronunciationGerman /ˈvɔlf.ɡaŋ/; English /ˈwʊlf.ɡæŋ/
Language familyGerman

Meaning and history

This name is derived from the Old German elements wolf meaning "wolf" and gang meaning "path, way". Saint Wolfgang was a 10th-century bishop of Regensburg. Two other famous bearers of this name were Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and German novelist and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

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Usage: german, germanic

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