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“aid, assistance” + “wolf”
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01 / Meaning & origin
Botolph is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Old English Botwulf, from the components “aid, assistance” + “wolf”.
Meaning: “aid, assistance” + “wolf”
From Old English Botwulf, from Proto-West Germanic *Bōtuwulf, from *bōtu (“aid, assistance”) + *wulf (“wolf”).
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04 / Through time
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Botolph— “commanding wolf”
Botolph, _m._ _Eng._ Teu. commanding wolf, 413
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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