Rudolf

Where Rudolf comes from

Borrowed from Czech Rudolf and German Rudolf.
— Wiktionary's entry for Rudolf
  • Czech
  • German
Along the way
  1. 1846
    Rudolf Christoph Eucken born
    (1846-1926) German philosopher
  2. 1858
    Rudolf Diesel born
    German inventor and mechanical engineer
  3. 1882
    First appearance
    #943 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1916
    Peak, #715
    70 babies named Rudolf — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,124.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Czech or German, equivalent to English Rudolph.
Namesakes
  • Rudolf Christoph Eucken · (1846-1926) German philosopher, 1846–1926
  • Rudolf Diesel · German inventor and mechanical engineer, 1858–1913
  • Rudolf Hess · German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio, 1894–1987
  • Rudolf Steiner · Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist, 1861–1925
  • Rudolf Clausius · German mathematical physicist and professor, 1822–1888

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.