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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the Old High German Athalwolf (or Hadulf ), a composition of athal , or adal , meaning "noble" (or had(u) -, meaning "battle, combat"), and wolf .
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. [1] It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man".
The spelling errors and lack of umlauts also argue strongly for a post-immigration origin. In combination with the common-law naming regulations in the USA and the civil-law regulations in Germany, it's almost a given that the name even in the nonhyphenated "short" version did not pre-date before the immigration.
Isegrim may in origin have been a kenning for "wolf". jut-a tribal name: Judida, Judinga, Jutcar, Judilidis, Jutrad, Joduin, Judelhildis: probably from the name of the Juthungi or the Jutes: jung: young: Jungarat, Jungericus, Jungulf, Jugenprand: 8th to 10th century, rare (used more rarely than ald-"old") karl, carl, ceorl: man
Blaine (Pokémon) (Katsura in the original Japanese version), the name of a gym leader in the Pokémon universe Blaine Anderson, in the TV series Glee; Blaine the Mono, a psychotic artificial intelligence-controlled monorail locomotive in Stephen King's novels The Wastelands and Wizard and Glass
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name [1] that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a family or clan) who have a common surname.
Charles Julius Guiteau (/ ɡ ɪ ˈ t oʊ / ghih-TOH; September 8, 1841 – June 30, 1882) was an American man who assassinated James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, in 1881. A failed lawyer , Guiteau believed that he had played a major role in Garfield's election victory, for which he should have been rewarded with a ...