Roffe

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Swedish diminutive of ROLF.

ROLF   male   German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
From the Germanic name Hrolf (or its Old Norse cognate Hrólfr), a contracted form of Hrodulf (see RUDOLF). The Normans introduced this name to England but it soon became rare. In the modern era it has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world as a German import.
RUDOLF   male   German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, Russian, Armenian
From the Germanic name Hrodulf, which was derived from the elements hrod "fame" and wulf "wolf". It was borne by three kings of Burgundy, as well as several Habsburg rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Austria. Anthony Hope used this name for the hero in his popular novel 'The Prisoner of Zenda' (1894).
FULL FORMS
SWEDISH: Rolf, Rudolf
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Hrodulf, Hrolf
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Hrólfr, Hróðólfr
ANGLO-SAXON: Hroðulf, Hrothulf
ARMENIAN: Rudolf
CROATIAN: Rudolf
CZECH: Rudolf
DANISH: Rolf, Rudolf
DUTCH: Rodolf, Roel, Roelof, Rudolf, Ruud
ENGLISH: Rodolph, Rolf, Rollo, Rolo, Rolph, Rudolph, Rudy
FRENCH: Rodolph, Rodolphe
GERMAN (SWISS): Ruedi
GERMAN: Rodolf, Rolf, Rudi, Rudolf
HUNGARIAN: Rudi, Rudolf
ITALIAN: Rodolfo
MEDIEVAL ENGLISH: Roul
MEDIEVAL FRENCH: Roul
NORWEGIAN: Rolf, Rudolf
POLISH: Rudolf
PORTUGUESE: Rodolfo
RUSSIAN: Rudolf
SLOVENE: Rudolf
SPANISH: Rodolfito, Rodolfo
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
SPANISH: Fito