Rudolph or Rudolf (, Italian, Portuguese and ) or Rodolphe is a male first name, and, less commonly, a surname. It is an ancient Germanic name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod, Hróðr or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory" "honour", "renown", and olf meaning "wolf"(Hrōþiwulfaz). In other languages Afrikaans: Roelof, Rudolf Albanian: Rudolf Armenian: Ռուդոլֆ (Rudolf) Catalan: Rodolf Croatian: Rudolf Czech: Rudolf Danish: Rudolf Dutch: Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud English: Rudolph, Rodolph, Rolph Estonian: Rudo, Ruudo, Ruudolf Finnish: Ruuto, Ruutolffi Flemish: Roel French: Rodolphe, Raoul Georgian: რუდოლფ (Rudolp) German: Rudolf, Rolf, diminutive: Rudi Greek: Ροδόλφος (Rhodólphos), Ράλλης (Rhálles) Hebrew: רודולף (Rudolf) Hungarian: Rudolf Italian: Rodolfo Japanese:ルドルフ (Rudorufu), ルド (Rudo), ルディ (Rudi) Latin: Rudolphus Latvian: Rūdolfs, Rūdis Lithuanian: Rudolfas, Rudas Manx: Roolwer Norwegian: Rudolf Polish: Rudolf Portuguese: Rodolfo Russian: Рудольф (Rudolf) Serbian: Rudolf (Рудолф) Slovak: Rudolf Slovene: Rudolf Spanish: Rodolfo Swedish: Rudolf Given name Royalty and nobility Rudolph, Count of Ponthieu (died 866) Rudolph II of Burgundy (880–937) Rudolph of France (c. 890–936), reigned 923–936 Rudolf of Rheinfelden (1025–1080), Duke of Swabia Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg (died 1232) Rudolf I of Germany (1218–1291) Rudolf II, Duke of Austria (1270–1290) Rudolph I of Bohemia (1281–1307) Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine (1306–1353) Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine (1320–1346) Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339–1365) Rudolph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552–1612) Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858–1889), son and heir of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and Empress Elisabeth of Austria (died at Mayerling) Religious figures Rudolf of Fulda, 9th-century monk, writer and theologian Rudolf von Habsburg-Lothringen (1788–1831), Archbishop of Olomouc and member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine Rudolf Baláž (1940–2011). Slovak Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Banská Bystrica from 1990 until his death in 2011 Rudolph Grossman (1867–1927), Austrian-American rabbi Wartime figures and military leaders Rudolf Freiherr Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Colonel-General in the Austro-Hungarian army, the last Imperial Minister for War to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan, British Army officer and Chief of the Imperial General Staff Rodolfo Graziani, prominent Italian military officer in the Kingdom of Italy's Regio Esercito (Royal Army) and the Minister of National Defence of the Italian Social Republic Rudolph B. Davila, United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in the European theatre during World War II Rudolph Bierwirth, General officer in the Australian Army Rudolf Anderson (1927–1962), U.S. Air Force