At a Glance
- 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
OOF-fehIPA /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.
Lists That Include Uffe
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