Wohlgemut is a German surname

Surname

A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

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The word wohlgemut(h) means 'in high spirits'. The first part of this compound is an adverb meaning 'good' (cf. English well), the second part is an adjective meaning 'in (the) mood' or 'moody'. The final h is just (ortho)graphic fashion of the Baroque.

Persons bearing the name

• Arlene Wohlgemuth
  Arlene Wohlgemuth
  Arlene Wohlgemuth, U.S. politician, was the Republican nominee for the 17th Congressional District of Texas in 2004. She lost 51% to 48% to Chet Edwards....
  
  , the Republican nominee for the 17th Congressional District of Texas in 2004
• Franz Wohlgemuth
  Franz Wohlgemuth
  Franz Wohlgemuth was an Austrian bobsledder who competed from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the four-man event at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in 1936.-References:*** - p. 415....
  
  , an Austrian bobsledder
• Michael Wohlgemuth, a 15th-century German painter

Varieties

In phonebooks and web directories worldwide, the following varieties of the surname are found:

• Volgemut (rare, one sample from German phone books; bearer has Spanish christian name)
• Volgemuts (rare, one sample from German phone books; probably Scandinavian spelling influence)
• Vulgamott (USA, very phonetic spelling)
• Walgamotte (USA, seems like a 17th century spelling)
• Welgemoed (South Africa, adapted to Afrikaans spelling)
• Wolgamot (USA (WV), effort to spell phonetically)
• Wohlgemoth (rare, one sample from German phone books)
• Wohlgemuth (universal, most common form in the German language area; several thousand phone book entries worldwide)
• Wohlgemut (second frequent form in Germany, with over 50 phone book entries)
• Wolgamott (USA, effort to spell phonetically)
• Wolgamuth (USA, mix of phonetical and historical spelling)
• Wolgemut (only one person in Germany; more frequent in Switzerland)
• Wolgemuth (rare, only three entries in Germany found; "frequent" in USA (PA))
• Whoglemuth (one case)
• Wohglemuth (few cases)
• Wohgelmuth (few cases)
• Whogelmuth (one case)

External links

• http://www.wohlgemuth.com Directory of Wohlgemuths
• http://www.wohlgemuth.org/namewo.htm About the Origin of the Name Wohlgemuth