In the first book (Wolf Brother), Torak meets him and doesnt like him since Torak finds him Annoying. He doesnt want to have to come up with a name for the Wolf pup so he decides to just call him Wolf. In the end, he keeps the name Wolf, thus Wolf being named Wolf.
It traces its roots to the word "Wolf". in Spanish wolf is lobo, in french it is loup.
It is an Irish names that means "Brave Wolf"
The name is Germanic.Rand means "shield" and -olph is a truncated wolf (meaning the same as it does in English).Perhaps the name meant to imply "a shield against the wolf," or even the opposite, "a wolf is my shield."
How did the grey wolf come about
It is Anglo-Saxon, very close to Old German. wolf means wolf of course were mean human
Dolphus was created as a nickname for the German name Adolphus. It means "noble wolf".
In a combination of Latin and Greek Lupus is Latin for wolf, and although I am unclear on what his name was (it was along the lines of lupus) was the farmer of wolves or something alon the lines of that.
The common name of a wolf is "wolf" :) The scientific name is Canis lupus.
Wolf's full name is Wolf O'Donnell.
Wolf Sabo's birth name is Wolf Saborowski.
Miranda Wolf's birth name is Miranda Wolf.