Bardolph
# Bardolph

Bardolph or Bardolf is a surname and, in Middle English, a personal name. It originates from the Continental Germanic Bartholf or Bardwulf, from bard meaning "axe" and wulf meaning wolf, via the Old French Bardol(f). It may refer to:

## People

* Hugh Bardulf or Bardolf (died c. 1203), English administrator and royal justice
* William Bardolf (leader) (died 1275 or 1276), English baronial leader
* John Bardolf, 3rd Baron Bardolf (1314–1363), son of Sir Thomas Bardolf, 2nd Baron Bardolf
* William Bardolf, 4th Baron Bardolf (1349–1386), son of the 3rd baron
* Thomas Bardolf, 5th Baron Bardolf (died 1408), rebel against King Henry IV
* William Phelip, 6th Baron Bardolf (1383–1441), Baron Bardolf in right of his wife Joan, daughter of the 5th baron
* Doug Bardolph (1893–1951), Australian journalist, trade unionist and politician, brother of Ken
* Ken Bardolph (1895–1964), Australian politician, brother of Douglas

## Fictional characters

* Bardolph (Shakespeare character), an alcoholic thief in four of Shakespeare's plays
