Gandulf or Gandolf (Latin ''Gandolphus'', French ''Gandolphe'', Italian ''Gandolfo'') is a masculine
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
of
Germanic origin, common in the
Middle Ages
In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...
. The roots of the name are ''gand'' (literally "wand" or "magic wand", by extension "sorcery") and ''wolf'' ("wolf").
[Rosa and Volker Kohlheim, ''Lexikon der Vornamen: Herkunft, Bedeutung und Gebrauch von über 8 000 Vornamen'' (Berlin: Dudenverlag, 2016)]
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* Gandulf of Piacenza (10th century), Italian count
* Gandulf (11th century), bishop of Reggio nell'Emilia
* Gandulf (died 1184), bishop of Alba
* Gandulf of Bologna (died after 1185), theologian
* Gandulf (died 1229), abbot of Saint-Sixte and cardinal
* Gandulf of Binasco (died 1260), Franciscan saint
* Gandolphus Siculus (''floruit'' 1438–44), Sicilian papal legate to India
See also
* Gandalf (disambiguation)
* Gandolfi
* Gundulf
*Castel Gandolfo
Castel Gandolfo (, , ; ), colloquially known as Castello in the '' Castelli Romani'' dialects, is a town located southeast of Rome, in the Italian region of Lazio. Situated on a hilltop in the Alban Hills with panoramic views of Lake Albano, Cast ...
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Masculine given names
Germanic masculine given names