Lupus means "wolf" in Latin. It was a Latin cognomen and since then has also become a given name and family name.
Lupus may refer to:
*Wulfstan (died 956), Archbishop of York, who wrote under the pen name LupusLupus of Troyes (ca. 383 - ca. 478), French bishop and saintLupus of Sens (d. 623), French bishop and saintLupus I of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony and Aquitaine from about 670Lupo II of Gascony (died 778), third-attested historical duke of GasconyLupo III Centule of Gascony (died c. 820), Duke of Gascony 818-819Lupus Servatus (c. 805 – c. 862), French abbot, theological writer and member of Charles the Bald's courtCornelius Lupus, Roman statesmanGiovanni Luppis (1813-1875), Austrian Naval officer and the first to conceive of the self-propelled torpedoPeter Lupus (born 1932), American bodybuilder and actorPeter Lupus III, American actor, the son of Peter LupusHugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester, known as Hugh Lupus