Family name origins & meanings
- German and Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wolf ‘wolf’ + hart ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’.
- German and Dutch : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements wille ‘will’, ‘wish’ + fridu ‘peace’.
- German and Dutch : nickname for a wild or wily man, from Middle High German wülven ‘to behave like a wolf’.
