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Meaning of the nameRodolpho

Rodolpho is a spelling of the name Rodolfo, which means “'fame' and 'wolf' (hruod + wolf)”.

Meaning

“'fame' and 'wolf' (hruod + wolf)”

Meaning of the name Rodolfo, of which Rodolpho is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Rudolf

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People (2022)
2,470
Rank in Brazil
#4,448
Median age
34 years
2010 Census
2,031
people

Rodolpho in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Rodolpho, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (887 people).

0 women 2,458 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Rodolpho is most common

States with the highest share of people named Rodolpho in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.004%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.004%
  3. São Paulo 0.002%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.001%
  5. Paraná 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7980.002%
Rio de Janeiro6050.004%
Minas Gerais1990.001%
Espírito Santo1430.004%
Paraná1180.001%
Pernambuco790.001%
Paraíba680.002%
Goiás650.001%
Santa Catarina510.001%
Rio Grande do Sul490.001%
Bahia420.000%
Pará330.000%
Mato Grosso320.001%
Alagoas320.001%
Distrito Federal300.001%
Rio Grande do Norte290.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul240.001%
Ceará230.000%
Maranhão160.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Rodolpho

It keeps the ph, which Wiktionary marks as an old form of Rodolfo; even so, most people with this spelling were born in the 1980s and 1990s.

About the name Rodolfo

According to Behind the Name, Rodolfo is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Rudolf, from the Germanic name Hrodulf, made up of hruod, 'fame', and wolf, 'wolf'. Wiktionary lists Rodolfo in Portuguese as a male name of Germanic origin, equivalent to the English Rudolph, and links the German Rudolf to the West Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulf. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 48,672 people named Rodolfo, with a median age of 34. Proportionally, the name is most common in São Paulo. The form with ph, Rodolpho, is an old spelling of the same name.

Other spellings of Rodolfo

SpellingPeople (2022)
Rodolfo48,672
Rodolpho2,470

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Rodolfo · behindthename.com · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Rudolf · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Rodolfo · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Wiktionary: Rudolf · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Rodolpho

What does the name Rodolpho mean?

Rodolpho means “'fame' and 'wolf' (hruod + wolf)”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Rodolfo, of which Rodolpho is a spelling.

How many people are named Rodolpho in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,470 people with the first name Rodolpho, which ranks it number 4,448 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Rodolpho a boy's or a girl's name?

Rodolpho is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 2,458 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Rodolpho?

Rodolpho is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Rodolpho most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.004% of the state's population is named Rodolpho (605 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Rodolpho?

Rodolfo. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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