MEANING & HISTORY
What does Rodolfo mean?
Rodolfo is the Spanish and Italian form of Rudolf or Rudolph. Its Germanic elements combine fame with wolf, an animal frequently used in early European personal names.
Famous wolf is a conventional compound gloss. The wolf image describes the inherited name material rather than a person’s character. The final o reflects the Romance form, not a separate meaning.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ɾoˈdolfo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ɾoˈd̪ol.fo]Standard-Tagalog
- /ɾoˈdolpo/with nativization
- [ɾoˈd̪ol.po]with nativization
Ro · dol · fo3 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Rodolfo.
a male given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Rodolfo (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph
Wiktionary: Rodolfo (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Rodolfo
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Rodolfo Severino, Jr.
Filipino diplomat (1936–2019)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
Filipino chess player (1937–2013)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
112
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
27
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Rodolfo Severino, Jr., Rodolfo Tan Cardoso
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Rodolfo in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Rodolfo
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Adolfo♂Noble wolf
- Arnolfo♂Eagle and wolf, through Arnulf
- Rodrigo♂Famous ruler
- Rogelio♂Fame and spear
- Romulo♂Tagalog borrowing of Spanish Rómulo, from Romulus
- Rómulo♂Spanish form of Romulus, derived from Rome
- Ronaldo♂Portuguese form of Ronald; counsel and rule
- Arnulfo♂Eagle and wolf
What rhymes with Rodolfo?
Matches share a dictionary-supplied rhyme key in the stated language. Check the recorded reading; another language or accent can change the rhyme.
Recorded combinations with Rodolfo
3 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
Names in this collection
Explore combinations →Explore Rodolfo further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q3438276 — Rodolfo (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Rodolfo Severino, Jr. (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3438276 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Rodolfo Tan Cardoso (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q3438276 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Rodolfo (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Rodolfo (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Rodolfo (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.