Bardolph as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Bardolph

What is the meaning of the name Bardolph ?

The baby name Bardolph is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈbɑːr.dɒlf/ (BAR-dolf).

Bardolph is Germanic in Origin.

Bardolph is an English medieval given name and surname ultimately from Old High German Bardulf, built from barta 'axe, battle-axe' and wulf 'wolf', yielding the evocative meaning 'axe-wolf'. It came into England with the Normans, where it was recorded in Latinized forms such as Bardolphus and took on the Middle English spelling Bardolph.

The name appears in 12th to 15th century rolls among the Anglo-Norman nobility, most notably the de Bardolf family, later commemorated in the Norfolk place-name Stow Bardolph, and survives in literature as the roistering companion of Falstaff in Shakespeare's Henry IV and Henry V. Though rarely used as a modern given name, Bardolph carries a rugged, archaic character. Variants and cognates include Bardolf, Bardulf, Bardulph, Bardolphus, and Romance forms Bardolfo and Bardulfo; possible short forms are Bard or Dolph. Related Germanic names sharing the -wulf element include Randolf and Adolph.

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