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'''Wulff''' is a German family surname and may refer to:
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'''Wulff''' is a Germanic family surname mostly thought to originate from the Schleswig-Holstein area of Germany directly south of the modern-day border with Denmark. Other spelling variations of wolf used as surnames are not necessarily identified with this region as '''Wulff''' is. Many descendants with this last name reside in Denmark, Germany, and the United States among other places where Germans and Danes have immigrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=wulff|publisher=Ancestry.com|title=Wulff Family History|subscription=yes}}</ref> Ancestors were of Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths. The name is a derivation of wolf, spelled and pronounced the same in Old German as in modern German and English.<ref>[[Wulf]]</ref> Jewish ancestors<ref name="Mugdan">{{cite web | url=http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/namfaq0.htm | title=The Names of the Jews | publisher=jewishgen.org | work=Institute of General Linguistics, University of Münster, Germany | accessdate=2015-10-09 | last=Mugdan | first=Joachim}}</ref> with the surname of '''Wulff''' may have associated it with the Hebrew first name, Benjamin which is associated with the wolf.


==People==
People with the family name Wulff:
*[[Christian Wulff]] (born 1959), German politician, former President of Germany
* [[Anna Wulff]] (1874–1935), Danish educator
**[[Bettina Wulff]] (born 1973), wife of Christian Wulff
*[[Christian Wulff]] (born 1959), German politician, former president of Germany
*[[Bettina Wulff]] (born 1973), wife of Christian
*[[Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff]] (born 1949), Danish philosopher and author
*[[Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff]] (born 1949), Danish philosopher and author
*[[Evgenii Wulff]] (1885 – 1941), Russian botanist
*[[Evgenii Wulff]] (1885–1941), Russian botanist
*[[George Wulff]] (1863 – 1925), Russian cristallographe
*[[George Wulff]] (1863–1925), Russian cristallographe
*[[Kai Wulff]], American actor
*[[Kai Wulff]] (fl. 1980–2001), German-born American actor
*[[Marte Wulff]], Norwegian singer and songwriter
*[[Mikaela Wulff]] (born 1990), Finnish competitive sailor
*[[Mikaela Wulff]] (born 1990), Finnish competitive sailor
*[[Wilhelm Wulff]], Nazi Occult Astrologer
*[[Lee Wulff]] (1905–1991), American sportsman
*[[Wilhelm Wulff]], Nazi occult astrologer


== Science ==
'''Wulff''' may also be used for:

* [[Wulffite]], an alkali copper sulfate mineral with the chemical formula [[Potassium|K]]<sub>3</sub>[[Sodium|Na]][[Copper|Cu]]<sub>4</sub>[[Oxygen|O]]<sub>2</sub>([[Sulfur|S]][[Oxygen|O]]<sub>4</sub>)<sub>4</sub>
* [[Wulff net]], special graph paper designed to read stereographic projections

==Other uses==
*[[Wulff (comics)]], a fictional mutant character in the Marvel 2099 setting
*[[Wulff (comics)]], a fictional mutant character in the Marvel 2099 setting
*[[Wulffmorgenthaler]]
*''[[Wulffmorgenthaler]]'', a webcomic and newspaper comic strip


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Wolff]], [[Wulf]]
*[[Wolff]], a surname
*[[Wulf]]


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Latest revision as of 14:34, 10 February 2024

Wulff is a German family surname and may refer to:

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Science

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  • Wulffite, an alkali copper sulfate mineral with the chemical formula K3NaCu4O2(SO4)4
  • Wulff net, special graph paper designed to read stereographic projections

Other uses

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