Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 Rodolfo
/roh · DOL · foh/
Meaning
“Famous wolf”
Italian and Spanish form of the Germanic Rudolf, from hrod (fame) and wulf (wolf); the Latin -o ending gives it a warmer, southern European feel versus the Northern Rudolf.
Nicknames
rodo · rudy
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels grand and slightly old-fashioned; aging with dignity in Italian and Spanish contexts.
The cultural moment.
Common across Italy and Latin America throughout the 20th century; declining in new births since the 1980s but never disappearing.