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Dolph is his middle name, and his grandfathers name, he decided to take it on rather than hans

Dolph is far from the notorious name. I knew a lot of Mexicans had that name, and it is spelled Adolf - just like Hitler's.

I believe it means "Wolf" and Adolf means "Lone Wolf" both of which are cool. Many Nordic names have the same kind of meaning as Native American.

The thing about Swedish names (maybe all Nordic names, I don't know since I don't speak Norwegian or Danish) is that none of the names has any meaning in today's Swedish (most Swedish/Nordic names have their origins in the old Nordic language "Old Norse"). I can't think of even one Swedish name that has a meaning in today's Swedish. So it's not really like people walk around with names that actually has any meaning when saying them, unlike what I understand some Native American languages where they really name their kids things like Sitting Bull or Pretty Flower. Old Norse is so dissimilar from today's Swedish language that most names they aren't even exactly sure of what they mean. Texts written in Old Norse is incomprehensible for a 21st century Swedish layman.

For example the given name Eric derives from the Old Norse name Erikr has absolutely no meaning in current language. The reason I picked it as my example is that is has picked up quite a bit of popularity in all Germanic languages and even quite a few non-Germanic ones like Anglo-Saxon (English), Finno-Ugric (Finnish) and Latin (French). I have also heard it on Spanish speaking natives and I think it's used in some Slavic language(s) if I'm not mistaken. And since old Norse is so different from today's Nordic languages they have the name's possible meaning narrowed down but they aren't exactly certain.

Although, for you guys that's called Eric all the possible meanings it's narrowed down to are pretty cool. It most probably means "Ever powerful", "Forever Ruling", "Eternally rich", "Honorable ruler" or if you want to put the last meaning a bit cooler-sounding "Lord of Honor".

So as for the name "Dolph" - "Adolf" (alternate spelling Adolph) means "Noble Wolf", a portmanteau of "Noble" and "Wolf". But "Dolph" really has no exact meaning since "Adolf/ph" is derived from the first two letters of "Adal" meaning "Noble" and the last three letters of the word "Wolf" (obviously meaning Wolf).

So yeah, Dolph doesn't make any sense, it really doesn't mean anything - so I would bet it's derived from the name Adolf/Adolph. I have never heard that Dolph is his grandfather's name - it seems much more probable that his grandfather's name would be Adolf since it previously was a very popular name in Sweden but it's popularity has obviously plummeted since WWII. Today only 3000 Swedes are called Adolf and I would bet that almost all of them are born pre-1945.

And I have also never heard that "Dolph" would be his given middle name, since I have never ever heard of even one Swedish person ever being called Dolph. And since he's born post-WW2 I have a hard time believing that his given middle would be Adolf/ph even though it is entirely possible. I think "Dolph" is just a made up name he derived from Adolf. I would however believe that there currently are Swedes called Dolph but I would also bet that almost all of them are born after Dolph Lundgren became succesful and that their name is inspired by his. I could be wrong but can you give me but one example of a Swede called Dolph born before the early 80's? Also I have never heard of or met anyone called Dolph born after his breakthrough either.

So there you have it. It's a made up name that sounds cooler than "Hans" - as simple as that.

As trivia though, Swedish surnames often have a current Swedish meaning like English surnames often have a current English meaning although no Swedish/English first names have a current meaning.
Sometimes Swedish surnames have a meaning in Old Norse and no current meaning, often they have a clear present meaning (like Johansson/Ericsson etc meaning Johan's son/Eric's son), sometimes they are put together by one Old Norse word and one current (like Lundgren, Lund means either Grove or London (yes the city) and "gren" means branch).

And often they are put together by two perfectly normal current words that makes absolutely no god damn sense when together (like Markgren and Sandgren meaning Groundbranch and Sandbranch, it's laughably stupid). My own last name is like that, ridiculously meaning Squarestream. Wow did this became a novel or what, got to stay of the speed.

"I can't think of even one Swedish name that has a meaning in today's Swedish."

-Karl (Man) - Third most common male name. 208694 Users.
-Carl (Man) - #11
-Bo (to live in a place) - #19
-Björn (Bear) - #36
-Stig (Path) - #41
-Axel (Shoulder) - #42
-Sten (Stone) - #83
-Alf (Norse Elf) - #85
-Inge (Nothing) - #108
-Knut (Knot) - #137
-Göte (From Gothia) - #155
-Kaj (Quay) - #226
-Dag (Day) - #296
-Viking (doh!) - #319
-Jarl (Chief) - #321

Adolf = #328 with 3237 users.

You can see the tenuous etymological links of some of these names with their Norse counterparts. Stig means "path" now, but in Norse it meant "wanderer." Some not so much, for example Inge was a goddess of peace.

Dag was a sky god who rode his horse around the world every twenty four hours and the light from the horse's hair would bring the dawn.

Axel is a form of Hebrew Absalom meaning "father of peace."

Kaj is a Scandinavian form of the Latin name Caius.

Carl is a form of Charles.

Jarl is cognate with English Earl, a nobleman's title. Perhaps it was the Jermajesty of its day with aspirational parents naming their kid "Nobleman" in hopes it would make him one.

There are English speakers named Dolph, which can be short for both Randolph and Adolph. There's an American actor Dolph Sweet born Adolphus in 1920 and there was a Texas governor named Dolph Briscoe, Jr. born in 1923