Wolfgang

Where Wolfgang comes from

Borrowed from German Wolfgang (reinforced by Medieval Latin Wolfgangus), from Middle High German Wolfgang, from Old High German Wolfgang, from wolf (“wolf”) + gang (“path, course”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Wolfgang
  • German
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1929
    First appearance
    #2,980 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2019
    Peak, #1,277
    146 babies named Wolfgang — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from German.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Wolfgang hasn't yet.

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.