Rodolfo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Rodolfo is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name383K records spelled Rodolfo12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Philippines

  Languages: English, Dutch, Danish

  Also written Rödölfö, Řôďôľfô

67 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Rodolfo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Spanish form of Rudolf (see main dictionary).

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Portuguese, a male given name from the Germanic languages, equivalent to English Rudolph

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, a male given name, equivalent to English Rudolph

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, dal germanico Hrodwulf, 'gloria' + 'lupo'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• In Italian, Radici germaniche hrod = gloria e wull = lupo, per traslato guerriero.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Rodolfo Grazianib. 1882ITItalian general (1882-1955)
• Rudolph Valentinob. 1895USnot in their usual nameItalian actor (1895–1926)
• Maurizio D'Ancorab. 1912ITnot in their usual nameItalian actor and businessman (1912-1983)
• Anthony Quinnb. 1915MXnot in their usual nameMexican and American actor (1915–2001)
• Rodolfo de Andab. 1943MXMexican actor (1943-2010)
• Ricardo Madurob. 1946HNnot in their usual namePresident of Honduras from 2002 to 2006
• Luis Abinaderb. 1967LBnot in their usual namePresident of the Dominican Republic
• Rudy Fernándezb. 1985ESnot in their usual nameSpanish basketball player (born 1985)
• Alessob. 1991SEnot in their usual nameSwedish DJ and music producer
• Rodolfo Pizarrob. 1994MXMexican association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 820 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Rodolfo?

We estimate roughly 119 thousand people bear Rodolfo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Rodolfo have the most bearers?

Rodolfo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled rodolfo.

How common is Rodolfo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Rodolfo is the 148th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Rodolfo a male or female name?

Rodolfo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Rodolfo mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian form of Rudolf (see main dictionary).