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Due to the lack of conflict with the pagan reference in the name with Catholicism, it is likely a much more ancient name whose meaning had already been lost by the tenth century. Grimm ( Teutonic Mythology p. 1093) interpreted the name as that of a hero in front of whom walks the "wolf of victory".
The name Geri has been interpreted as meaning either "the greedy one" or "the ravenous one". [1] The name Geri can be traced back to the Proto-Germanic adjective *geraz, attested in Burgundian girs, Old Norse gerr, Old Swedish giri, Old High German ger or giri and Old Dutch gir, all of which mean "greedy". [2]
McWolf/(Name Varied) Droopy: An MGM Wolf appeared as a Hollywood swinger in Red Hot Riding Hood and a foe against Droopy. Moro Princess Mononoke: The Goddess of Wolves. Mr. Bumble Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist: An old, brown wolf who is the master of the workhouse. Mr. Wolf The Bad Guys: A pickpocket gray wolf and the leader of the "Bad ...
In Norse mythology, Hati Hróðvitnisson (first name meaning "He Who Hates", or "Enemy" [1]) is a warg; a wolf that, according to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, chases Máni, the Moon, across the night sky, just as the wolf Sköll chases Sól, the Sun, during the day, until the time of Ragnarök, when they will swallow these heavenly bodies.
Wolf or Wulf is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic-speaking peoples. "Wolf" is also a component in other Germanic names: Wolfgang (wolf + gang ("path, journey")) Adolf, derived from the Old High German Athalwolf, a composition of athal, or adal, meaning noble, and wolf; its Anglo-Saxon cognate is Æthelwulf.
He derived the name and characteristics of his wargs by combining meanings and myths from Old Norse and Old English. In Norse mythology, a vargr ( anglicised as warg) is a wolf , especially the wolf Fenrir that destroyed the god Odin in the battle of Ragnarök , and the wolves Sköll and Hati , Fenrir's children, who perpetually chase the Sun ...
Ze'ev (Hebrew: זְאֵב, Zeév), also spelled Zeev or Zev, is a masculine given name of Hebrew origin meaning wolf.The name is used among Ashkenazi Jews as an association with the name Wolf, [citation needed] and often paired with the name Benjamin (referencing the description of Benjamin in Genesis as a "wolf that raveneth") as Binyamin Ze'ev or the Yiddish name "Wolf" (װאָלף) as Zev ...
The name is a compound derived from the Old High German Athalwolf (or Hadulf), a composition of athal, or adal, meaning "noble" (or had(u)-, meaning "battle, combat"), and wolf. The name is cognate to the Anglo-Saxon name Æthelwulf (also Eadulf or Eadwulf). The name can also be derived from the ancient Germanic elements "Wald" meaning "power ...