Wolff - wikipedia Wolff For other uses, see Wolff ( disambiguation ). Wolff is a surname, mostly of German origin. It may have derived from the name of the animal with this name, see Wolf. Contents 1 List of people surnamed Wolff 1.1 A -- F 1.2 G -- M 1.3 N -- Z List of people surnamed Wolff A -- F Albert Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Alex Wolff, American actor Alexander Wolff, American writer Alexander Wolff ( soldier ), ( 1788 -- 1863 ), British officer who served under the Duke of Wellington Betje Wolff ( 1738 -- 1804 ), Dutch writer Bernard Wolff ( 1811 -- 1879 ), German media mogul Beverly Wolff ( 1928 -- 2005 ), American mezzo - soprano Bobby Wolff ( born 1932 ), American bridge player Carl Gustaf Wolff, a prominent Finnish shipowner and businessman Caspar Friedrich Wolff ( 1734 -- 1794 ), founder of embryology Christian Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Christoph Wolff ( born 1940 ), German - born musicologist Ed Wolff ( actor ) ( 1907 -- 1966 ), American actor Edward Wolff ( born 1946 ), American economist Enrique Wolff ( born 1949 ), Argentine football player Ernst Victor Wolff ( 1886 -- 1961 ), German - born classical pianist and harpsichordist Francis Wolff, photographer and the founder of Blue Note Records Francis Wolff ( philosopher ) ( born 1950 ), French philosopher, see List of French philosophers Frank Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Franklin Merrell - Wolff ( 1887 -- 1985 ), an American mystical philosopher Freddie Wolff ( 1910 -- 1988 ), British sprinter G -- M Geoffrey Wolff ( born 1937 ), American writer Gerald W. Wolff ( born 1939 ), American historian Hans Walter Wolff ( born 1911 ), German biblical scholar Hellmuth Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Heinz Wolff ( 1928 -- 2017 ), German - British scientist and television and radio presenter Henry Drummond Wolff ( 1830 -- 1908 ), English diplomat J. Scott Wolff ( 1878 -- 1958 ), American politician from Missouri Johann Friedrich Wolff ( 1778 -- 1806 ), German botanist Jonathan Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Josh Wolff ( born 1977 ), American soccer player Joseph Wolff ( 1795 -- 1862 ), Jewish Christian missionary from Germany Joseph C. Wolff ( 1849 -- 1896 ), New York politician Julius Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Kurt Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Louis Wolff ( 1898 -- 1972 ), American cardiologist Karin Wolff ( 1959 ), German politician Karl Wolff ( 1900 -- 1984 ), high - ranking member of the Schutzstaffel Karl Felix Wolff ( 1879 -- 1966 ), self - taught folklorist of the South Tyrol Maritta Wolff ( 1918 -- 2002 ) American novelist Michael Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Milton Wolff ( 1915 -- 2008 ), commander of the Lincoln Battalion N -- z Nat Wolff ( born 1994 ), American actor Nelson Wolff ( born 1940 ), American politician Patrick Wolff ( born 1968 ), American chess player Peter Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Richard Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Rikard Wolff ( 1958 -- 2017 ), Swedish actor Robert Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Roger Wolff ( 1911 -- 1994 ), American baseball player S. Drummond Wolff ( 1916 -- 2004 ), English organist, mainly active in America Salomon ( Sam ) de Wolff ( 1878 -- 1960 ), Dutch economist and politician Sam Wolff ( born 1991 ), American baseball player Stefan Wolff, German political scientist and professor living in the UK Sula Wolff ( 1924 -- 2009 ), prominent British child psychiatrist Susie Wolff ( born 1982 ), British racing driver Thomas Wolff ( 1954 -- 2000 ), American mathematician Tobias Barrington Wolff ( born 1970 ), American professor of law Tobias Wolff ( born 1945 ), American writer Toto Wolff ( born 1972 ), Austrian racing driver and investor Virginia Wolff ( 1882 -- 1941 ), English writer Werner Wolff ( disambiguation ), several people Surname list This page lists people with the surname Wolff. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person 's given name ( s ) to the link. Family names derived from the word `` wolf '' Germanic North Germanic : Lyall, Varg, Warg Ulfsson West Germanic : De Wolf, De Wolfe, Volf, Wolf, Wolfe, Wolff, Wolfs, Woolf, Woolfe, Wulf, Wulff Wolfowitz, Wolfsohn, Wolfson Romance Latin : Lupus French : Leleu, Leloup, Loup, Louvel, Lowell Iberian : Lobo, Lopes, López Italian : Lovato, Lupo Romanian : Lupescu, Lupu, Lupul Slavic East Slavic : Biryuk, Volchek, Volchenkov, Volchkov, Volk, Volkov, Vovk South Slavic : Vučević, Vučić, Vučko, Vučković, Vujić, Vukasović, Vukčević, Vukić, Vukićević, Vuković, Vuksanović West Slavic : Vlček, Vlk, Wilczek, Wilczyński, Wilk Other Baltic : Vilkas, Vilks Basque : Ochoa, Otxoa Celtic : Channing, Phelan, Whalan, Whalen, Whelan, Felan, Folan Finnish : Susi Greek : Lykoudis Hebrew : Ze'evi Hungarian : Farkas Japanese : Okami Manchu : Niohuru Turkish : Kurt, Kurtoğlu Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wolff&oldid=822044689 '' Categories : Surnames German - language surnames Jewish surnames Yiddish - language surnames Hidden categories : Articles with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bân - lâm - gú Deutsch Français Italiano Русский Edit links This page was last edited on 24 January 2018, at 02 : 17. 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Question: where does the last name wolff come from
Answer: German origin