Wolfram is an Irish name?

Sorry Wolfram is NOT an Irish name, either as a forname or a surname. It is not even a bastardisation of an Irish name. It sounds to me as if it may derive from Scandanavia.

Wolfram is an Irish name?
it s a germanic name. assumingly meaning "the woolf and crow from Wodan. wolf = woolf and hraban = crow





Wodan used to be the God of death and slaughter. He was riding a horse and was always escorted by a woolf and a crow. thats where the name comes from.
Reply:Nope...the name is actually English in origin, deriving from the old English word 'Wulfrun' ;-)





But then again the English language is Germanic in origin, due to the Anglo Saxon invasion into Britain at the end of the Roman Empire, so you could say that the name has germanic roots also...
Reply:I thought it was an old name for (the metal ) Mercury.
Reply:Nope not Irish...German. Im no expert but my last name is Wolfram and it means tungsten, a metal on the periodic table of elements, #76, symbolized with a "W." Tungsten is the tiny filament in a lightbulb. Another tidbit of info...the spanish name for this filament is "wolframita." Hope that helps. Also, I believe there is a city in Germany called Wolfram...
Reply:NO!!!
Reply:Definetly not. It must be German or whatever.
Reply:No it's not. There is no 'w' in the Irish (Gaelic) alphabet.
Reply:no - its liquid tungsten

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