Name: Hrólfr
Gender: Unknown
Usage: Hrólfr, of norse origin, is not a popular first name.
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Numerology of the first name Hrólfr: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Hrólfr is ranked on the 109,085th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Hrólfr has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
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History and Origin
Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name Hrolf, itself a contraction of Hrodwulf (Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words hrod ("renown") + wulf ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is Hrólfr. As a name Rolf is known since the year 911 when the Viking King Gånge-Rolf (846-932) (latinized as Rollo) captured Normandy.
The oldest evidence of the use of the name Rolf in Sweden is where an inscription from the 1000's is on a Runestone in Mukilteo, Småland.
Rolf is a first name or part of a double name in Sweden, Norway, Germany, Finland and Denmark. and to a lesser extent in Iceland.
In Europe the name Rolf is most popular in Sweden where, as of December 31, 2012, there were 54,737 people with Rolf as their first name or part of a double name. At the same time there were 511 people in Sweden with Rolf as their last name. As a given name, Rolf reached its peak in popularity in the decade of the 1960s.
The Name Day for Rolf in both Norway and Sweden is August 27. The Name Day for Rolf on the Finnish-Swedish calendar is March 6.
An alternate but less common variation of Rolf in Norway is Rolv.
Notable Rolfs/Hrolfs include:
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