The story behind Rodolfo
From Latin Rudolphus, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz (literally “glorious wolf”).
Other language forms and explanations (2)
Portuguese entry
a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Rudolph
Tagalog entry
Borrowed from Spanish Rodolfo.
Pronunciation
Italian: /roˈdɔl.fo/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Italian: /roˈdol.fo/
- Portuguese; Brazil: /ʁoˈdow.fu/
- Portuguese; Brazil: [hoˈdoʊ̯.fu]
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: /ʁoˈdow.fu/
- Portuguese; Rio-de-Janeiro: [χoˈdoʊ̯.fu]
- Portuguese; Portugal: /ʁuˈdol.fu/
- Portuguese; Portugal: [ʁuˈðoɫ.fu]
- Portuguese; Portugal; Southern: /ʁuˈdol.fu/
- Portuguese; Portugal; Southern: [ʁuˈdoɫ.fu]
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: /ɾoˈdolfo/
- Tagalog; Standard-Tagalog: [ɾoˈd̪ol.fo]
- Tagalog: /ɾoˈdolpo/
- Tagalog: [ɾoˈd̪ol.po]
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Middle Names for Rodolfo
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- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
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- Syllables
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- Ending
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- balanced syllable contrast
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Sibling Names for Rodolfo
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- balanced name length
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- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends Z
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length