2-460: See also Woolf , Woolfe , Wolfe , Wolff , Wolfson and Woolfson (especially for family names). Wolfson or Volfson is a Jewish surname, and may refer to: Woolfson is another variation of this surname, and may refer to: Woolf (surname) Alternate spellings include Wolfe , Wolff , Wulf and Wolf . Woolf is a name that is used as a surname, given name, and a name among Germanic -speaking peoples: see Wolf , Wulf . This name
4-509: Is particularly popular in England especially in the south due to strong Saxon influence: see Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain . Historians on Anglo Saxon Britain such as Barbara Yorke , have commented that the Woolf name originated from Oswelf the 'Wolf', who was a famous Saxon lord who in legend fought King Horsa . He supposedly changed his name to 'Woolf' from the more Germanic spelling of Wolf. This
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