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Wulfgar, Wolfgar and Wolfger are variants of an Old High German masculine given name meaning "wolf-spear". [1] [2] They may refer to:

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References

  1. Wilfried Seibicke, Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch, Vol. 4: Sc–Z (De Gruyter, 2003), p. 495.
  2. Beate Varnhorn, Das grosse Lexikon der Vornamen (Bertelsmann, 2008), p. 309.