Meaning & Origin
A German male given name.
Wolfgang is a boy's baby name of German origin, from the Old High German elements wolf ('wolf') and gang ('path, journey'), meaning 'wolf's journey' or 'going like a wolf.' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, history's most celebrated child prodigy and arguably its greatest composer, is the name's most luminous bearer.
Wolfgang is the most unapologetically German name you can give a child in America — and for music-loving parents, that's precisely the point. It carries Mozart's entire legacy: genius, playfulness, profundity, and a life lived at full intensity. A name that demands everything from the person wearing it.