Rolf
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'''Rolf''' is a male [[given name]]. It originates in the [[Germanic languages|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''.
Notable Rolfs/Hrolfs include:
* [[Hrólf Kraki]], legendary king of [[Denmark]]
* [[Hrolf Ganger]], Norwegian Jarl
* [[Rolf Berend]], German politician
* [[Rolf Ekéus]], Swedish diplomat
* [[Rolf Gindorf]] (born 1939), German sexologist
* [[Rolf Gölz]] (born 1962), German road and track cyclist
* [[Rolf Harris]], Australian entertainer
* [[Rolf Singer]] (1906–1994), German mycologist
* [[Rolf Wideröe]] (1902–1996), Norwegian particle physicist
* [[Rolf Jordan]] (born 1969), English artist
* [[Rolv Wesenlund]], Norwegian actor.
Also:
* Dr. [[Ida P. Rolf]], American physiologist and inventor of [[Rolfing]]
* [[Rowlf]] the dog
* [[Rolf, Son of a Shepherd]], from the cartoon [[Ed, Edd n Eddy]]
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