50%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Old German name derived from the elements lant meaning "land" and wolf meaning "wolf". This name was borne by several Lombard nobles. Related Names Rootslant + wolf Categories animals, canines, earth, historians, landforms, nobles, saints, wolf Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1011.