Rudolph

English

Alternative forms

• Rudolf

Etymology

Borrowed from German Rudolph, Rudolf (compare Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːdɒ(l)f/

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Proper noun

Rudolph

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
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     Another Rubus character of particular interest is R. ursinus × idaeus, or boysenberry. This is a complex hybrid which came about as a cross between European raspberry (R. idaeus), common blackberry (R. fruticosus), and loganberry (Rubus × loganobaccus). The hyrbid was originally developed during the late 1920’s in California by a farmer named Rudolph Boysen.

2. A surname.
3. Ellipsis of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
4. A given name for a caribou.

Derived terms

• Rudolphine
• Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Related terms

• Rolf
• Rudy
• Ruud

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: رُودُولْف (rūdūlf)
• Bengali: রুডলফ (ruḍoloph)
• Cebuano: Rodolfo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 魯道夫 / 鲁道夫 m (Lǔdàofū)

• Danish: Rolf
• Dutch: Rudolf (nl), Roelof (nl)
• Estonian: Rudolf
• French: Rodolphe (fr)
• Georgian: რუდოლფი (rudolpi)
• German: Rudolf (de) m

  Bavarian: Rudoif

• Greek: Ροδόλφος (el) (Rodólfos)
• Greenlandic: Ruutuulfi
• Icelandic: Hrólfur (is)
• Inuktitut: ᕈᑑᓪᐱ (rotoolpi)
• Italian: Rodolfo (it)
• Latin: Rudolphus m, Rudolfus m
• Latvian: Rūdolfs m
• Norwegian: Rudolf
• Persian: رودولف (rudolf)
• Polish: Rudolf (pl) m
• Portuguese: Rodolfo (pt) m
• Russian: Рудо́льф (ru) m (Rudólʹf)
• Spanish: Rodolfo (es)
• Swedish: Rolf (sv)
• Tagalog: Rodolfo
• Welsh: Rwdolff m