Uffe: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Uffe – Origin: Germanic (hypocoristic/nursery-name root) – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: OOF-feh


Uffe is a Germanic (hypocoristic/nursery-name root) boy's name. It appears in our list of 200+ Classic Danish Boy Names That Are Seriously Scandi.

Meaning & Origin of Uffe

Origin: Germanic (hypocoristic/nursery-name root).

A common claim: Uffe is often said to mean 'wolf' Actually: Not well supported - Uffe comes from a Proto-Germanic nursery-name root (*Uffô) of unclear meaning, not from the word for 'wolf'.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Uffe

Phonetic: OOF-feh   IPA: /ˈʊfə/

Popularity of Uffe

Uffe doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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