Wulfa
Wulfa is a short form of an Anglo-Saxon masculine name containing wulf (wolf).
Variants:
Lulla [John Kemble 1839 Codex Diplomaticus Aevi Saxonici 1: 60].
Vuffa [Ludwig EttmĂĽller 1851 Vorda vealhstĂ´d Engla and Seaxna, page 127].
Uffa [Ludwig EttmĂĽller 1851 Vorda vealhstĂ´d Engla and Seaxna, page 127].
Wulfa [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 506].
Wuffa [Mats Redin 1919 Studies on Uncompounded Personal Names in Old English, page xxxv].
Wulf(a) [Sir Allen Mawer 1920 The Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham, page 219].
Wlua [Olof von Feilitzen 1937 The Pre-conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, page 418]
Vlfo [Olof von Feilitzen 1937 The Pre-conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, page 418]
Stem:
Wulf = Wá´ŹĘźęś° [William Smith 1873 A Complete Etymology of the English Language, page 187].
Suffix:
— a = termination of pet names, such as Cutha for Cuthwine or Cuthwulf [William Searle 1897 Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum, page 1].
Explanation:
Wulfa: “A short form of the compounds in Wulf-, -wulf” [Olof von Feilitzen 1937 The Pre-conquest Personal Names of Domesday Book, page 418].
Evidence:
The place-name Ulfeton, recorded in 1086, is believed to mean “Estate associated with a man called Wulfa” [David Mills 1991 A Dictionary of English Place Names, 1st edition, page 251].
