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Rudolf

Male#351 most common in Croatia2,050 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Famous wolf
Origin:
Germanic

About the name Rudolf

Germanic name from 'hrod' (fame) and 'wolf' (wolf).

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
April 17

Popularity with newborns

Rudolf has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

2,050 people in Croatia are called Rudolf, according to the 2021 census. That is #351 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Rudolf is recorded in 20 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaBrodsko-posavskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaPožeško-slavonskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaVukovarsko-srijemskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

InternationalVintageClassicModerately common

Notable people called Rudolf

  • Rudolf PerešinCroatian fighter pilot of the Homeland War

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.