The name of an 11th C king of Arles, a 13th C king of Germany, a 13th C duke of Austria, a 14th C king of Bohemia and Poland, a 14th C duke of Austria, and a 16th C Holy Roman emperor.
The name is sometimes confused with forms of Ralph, of similar etymology.
- Austria
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- Latin
- ● 935 Ruodolf (nom) UrkStyria 21;
1074x1087 Rudolfi (gen) ibid. 77;
c1100 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 89,
Ruodolf (nom) ibid. 89;
c1115 Ruodolf (nom) ibid. 101;
c1120 Roͮdolfus (nom) ibid. 104,
Rvͦdolf (nom) ibid. 105;
c1125 Rudolf (nom) ibid. 115;
c1128 Roͮdolf (nom) ibid. 118a,
Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 120;
1277? Rvdolfus (nom) FRA-XXXL 354
- Early New High German
- ● 1363 Rudolf (nom) ChronSH p. 7;
1384 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 26;
1385 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 26;
1387 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1389 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1390 Ruedolff (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1391 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 27;
1392 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 28;
1397 Ruedolff (nom) ibid. p. 28;
1399 Ruedolff (nom) ibid. p. 29;
1439 Ruedolf (nom) ibid. p. 32
- Belgium
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- Latin
- ● 1050 Rodulfus (nom) CRS-2-5 p. 232;
1110 Rodulfus (nom) CartStBert 4;
1119 Rodulfi (gen) ibid. 8;
1147 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 16;
1151 Rodulfum (acc) ibid. 17,
Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 17
- Middle Dutch
- ● 1336 Roedolfs (gen) RSG1336-39 p. 31
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1387 Rudolfus (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 14
- Denmark
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- Danish
- ● 1581 Rolluff KD-1 no. 362
- Estonia
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- Middle Low German
- ● 1425 Roleff BbRT p. 350;
1428 Roleff ibid. p. 352
- France
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- Latin
- ● 814 Rodulfus (nom) StVdM-II G13;
c823 Rodulfus (nom) irminon-vol2 94, Ved;
933x1000 Rodulfo (abl) St-Barnard-Romans no. 148;
937x993 Rodulfi (gen) CartSavII 1;
989 Rodulfi (gen) ibid. 105;
993x1000 Rodulfo (abl) St-Barnard-Romans no. 89;
993x1032 Rodulfo (abl) ibid. no. 82;
994 Rodulfi (gen) CartSavII 7;
c1000 Rodulfi (gen) ibid. 172;
11thC Rodulfus (nom) StVdM-II 720;
1013 Rodulfo (abl) CartSavII 8;
1014 Rodulphi (gen) HGSav-4.1 p. 3,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. p. 2;
1015 Rodulfi (gen) NTDip-vol4 p. 225,
Rotdulfi (gen) ibid. p. 225;
1016 Rodulphus (nom) HGSav-4.1 p. 3,
Ruodolphi (gen) ibid. p. 3;
1018x1032 Rodulfo (abl) StVdM-II 666;
1029x1033 Rodulfi (gen) CartStPC XII,
Rodulfus (nom) ibid. XII;
1030 Rodulfo (abl) StVdM-II 681,
Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 713;
1031 Rodulfo (abl) St-Barnard-Romans no. 107,
StVdM-II 684;
1040x1080 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 664;
1044 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 659;
1045 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 691;
c1050 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 675;
1054 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 693;
1055 Rodulfi (gen) ibid. 680;
1058 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 694;
1059 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 689;
1062 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 692;
1065x1079 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 663;
1066 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 698;
fin11thC Rodulfi (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 150;
1107 Rodulfo (abl) CartStPC XVII;
1108 Rodulfi (gen) St-Barnard-Romans no. 155;
1135 Rodulfus (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7;
1142 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 9,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 9;
1147 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 15;
1164 Rodulfus (nom) ibid. 122;
1378 Rodulpho (dat) hanquetvol1 1461
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 963x1023 Hrodulf (nom) TradCorb §228;
966 Rudolfi (gen) quix-vol1 14;
1100 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 78;
1130 Rudolphus (nom) ibid. 63;
1138 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 28;
1147 Rodulfo (dat) ibid. 29;
1153 Rudolphus (nom) ibid. 30;
1168 Rudulpho (abl) ibid. 65;
1174 Rodolphus (nom) ibid. 33;
1180 Rodolphus (nom) ibid. 35,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 34;
1185 Rodolpho (abl) ibid. 37,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 36;
1186 Rodolpho (abl) quix-vol2 123;
1197 Rodolphus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 I;
1210 Rotholfo (abl) ibid. IV,
Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 10;
1214 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 15;
1217 Rudolphum (acc) quix-vol1 71;
1219 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 41;
1220 Rudolffus (nom) ibid. 44,
Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 45,
Rudulfus (nom) ibid. 44;
1221 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 61;
1225 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 68;
1233 Rodolfus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XIV;
1234 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 91;
1237 Rudolfo (abl) ibid. 98;
1242 Rodolfus (nom) UrkMeck1 no. XXXI;
1246 Rodolfus (nom) ibid. no. XXXIII;
1253 Rudolffus (nom) hennes-vol1 147;
1254 Rudolfi (gen) ibid. 155;
1256 Rodolphi (gen) UrkMeck1 no. XLVII,
Rodolphus (nom) ibid. no. XLVII;
1257 Rudolphus (nom) ibid. no. L;
1259 Rodolfus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI,
Rudolfo (abl) hennes-vol1 186;
1261 Rvdolfo (abl) FRA-XXXL 207;
1270 Rodolphi (gen) UrkMeck1 no. LXV;
1273 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 231;
1274 Rudolphus (nom) ibid. 235;
1275 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 240;
1276 Rudolfus (nom) ibid. 251;
1281 Rudolfus (nom) UrkHeil1 32;
1284 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 298;
1288 Rudolfi (gen) ibid. 313,
Rudolfus (nom) UrkHeil1 45;
1294 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 329;
1298 Rudolfi (gen) ibid. 338;
1301 Rodolfi (gen) BremUrk2 no. 3,
Rodolfus (nom) ibid. no. 3;
1303 Rodolfus (nom) ibid. no. 33;
1322 Ruͦdolfi (gen) SMM p. 164,
Ruͦdolfus (nom) ibid. p. 158;
1394 Ruͦdolfus (nom) ibid. p. 174;
1401 Rudolfo (dat) HD1401 no. 196
- ◑ 1394 Rüdlini (gen) SMM p. 194
- Middle High German
- ● 1293 Rudolfen (acc) UrkWitt-II 188
- Early New High German
- ● 1420 Rúodolph (nom) UrkRott-1 855;
1427 Ruͦdolf (nom) ibid. 909,
Ruͦdolffen (dat) ibid. 909;
1497 Rudolff Nurn1497 398
- Middle Low German
- ● 1304 Rolves (gen) BremUrk2 no. 38
- Ireland
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- Latin
- ● fin12thC Rodulfus (nom) MunDocIr III, p. 18
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1158 Rodulfo (abl) Livi p. 40;
1198 Rodulfo (abl) ChStBo1 III;
1236 Rodulfi (gen) TirNot1 11;
1245 Rudolfus (nom) hennes-vol1 120;
1327 Rodulphi (gen) Friuli-14thC no. 448;
1367 Ridolfo (dat) Livi 105/106;
1368 Ridolfo (abl) ibid. 225,
Rodulfi (gen) ibid. 183;
1376 Rodulffi (gen) DouGen1 p. 36
- Latvia
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- Latin
- ● 1303 Rodolfus (nom) RigSB 895;
1314 Rolof (dat) ibid. 209;
1330 Rolof (dat) ibid. 211;
1332 Rudolfo (dat) ibid. 118
- The Netherlands
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- Latin
- ● 801 Hrodulfi (gen) OrkGZ no. 22,
Hrodulfus (nom) ibid. no. 22;
850 Rodolfi (gen) ibid. no. 41;
1288 Rodolphus (nom) GesOIJ-1 p. 296;
1297 rodolphus (nom) ibid. p. 297;
1311 Rodolphi (gen) ibid. p. 298,
Rodolphus (nom) ibid. p. 298;
1356 Rodolfi (gen) ibid. p. 301;
1361 Rodolphus (nom) ibid. p. 302;
1387 rodolfus (nom) ibid. p. 304
- Middle Dutch
- ● 1382 Roloff (nom) GesOIJ-4 p. 186
- Slovenia
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- Latin
- ● 1261 Rudolfo (abl) FRA-XXXL 208
- Sweden
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- Old Swedish
- ● 1499 Roleffs (gen) HGS p. 151
- Switzerland
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- Latin
- ● 1167 Rodulfus (nom) CartHaut 22;
1228 Rudolphus (nom) MHCG2 445;
1235 Rodulfi (gen) CLC p. 38,
Rodulfo (abl) ibid. p. 38,
Rodulfus (nom) ibid. p. 48,
Ruodulfi (gen) ibid. p. 46,
Ruodulfus (nom) ibid. p. 45;
1245 Rodulfus (nom) CartHaut 45;
1297 Rudolphi (gen) MHCG2 456;
14thCx1478 Rodulphus (nom) Ob-SPVn (117);
1319 Rodulphi (gen) MHCG2 457;
1349 Rodulphi (gen) MHN DXXIII,
Rodulpho (abl) ibid. DXXIII,
Rodulphum (acc) ibid. DXXIII,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. DXXIII;
1350 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. DXXIX,
Ruodulphi (gen) ibid. DXXIX;
1352 Rodulpho (abl) ibid. DXLVII;
1354 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. DLII;
1374 Rudolphi (gen) MHCG2 463;
1377 Rodulphum (acc) ibid. 464,
Rudolphum (acc) ibid. 464;
1378 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 465;
1388 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 466;
1393/4 Rodulphi (gen) ibid. 467,
Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 467;
1396 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 468;
1401 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 470;
1436 Rodulphum (acc) ibid. 210;
1438 Rodolpho (abl) ibid. 210;
1475 Rodulphi (gen) ibid. 239,
Rudolpho (abl) ibid. 240;
1478 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 244;
1492 Rodulphi (gen) ibid. 251;
1493 Rodulpho (abl) ibid. 254;
1497/8 Rodulphus (nom) ibid. 263;
1515 Rodulphi (gen) ibid. 288
- Middle French
- ● 1354 Roud MHN DLIII,
Roul ibid. DLIII;
1543 Rudollff MHCG2 312;
1545 Rudollff ibid. 313
- Middle High German
- ● 1352 Rudolf (nom) MHN DXLVI
- Early New High German
- ● 1451 Rudolf (nom) MHCG2 220
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1582 Rodulphus (nom) RegCon1 p. 36
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Rudolf". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Rudolf.