German origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “wand + wolf”
Borrowed from German Gandolf.
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: GandolfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wikipedia: GandulfCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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“wand + wolf”
Language contexts for this entry: English, German
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01 / Meaning & origin
Gandolf is a masculine given name documented in English and German. English Wiktionary traces it to German Gandolf. English Wikipedia gives the components wand + wolf.
2 source accounts
Meaning: “wand + wolf”
Borrowed from German Gandolf.
Der erste Bestandteil des Namens „Gand-“ geht vermutlich auf altisländisch gandr „Stab, Zauberstab, Zauberei; Werwolf“, der zweite Namensteil auf althochdeutsch wolf ^(→ goh) „Wolf“ zurück. In alten Urkunden ist dieser Vorname als Nebenform zum häufigeren Gangolf zu lesen.
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03 / By the numbers
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1984–2025 Spelling: Gandolf
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Source: Statistik Austria · Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed). National counts are computed by NameStoria as the sum of the published district rows plus the GEH row for the same name/sex/year (the file has no national total row); see notes for the overlap check.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | 1 | 469 | observed |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | 1 | 569 | observed |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | 1 | 591 | observed |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1998 | 1 | 674 | observed |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | 1 | 1,065 | observed |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2011 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2012 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2013 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2014 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2015 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2016 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2017 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2018 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2019 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2020 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2021 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2022 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2023 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2024 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2025 | no value | no value | not covered |
Statistics count the spelling “Gandolf” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Gandolf— “progress of a wolf”
Gandolf, _m._ _Ger._ Teu. progress of a wolf, 434
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
GANDOLF— “progress of a wolf”
GANDOLF, _m._ _Ger._ Teu. progress of a wolf, 434
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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