The evidence for the ancestral name Wuffings/Wuffingas is vague. What there is, stems from two primary source texts - the first being the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the second being The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, written by the father of English history the Venerable Bede in 713AD. These sources tell of a king of East Anglia called Wuffa.  Sadly, no date for his birth, death and reign is given. The sources tell of his son, Tyttla - again no dates are given. Tyttla was the father of Eni of which nothing more is known.  However, his other son Rædwald (died c.625) has a certifiable historical charter. Rædwald ruled the Kingdom of East Anglia in the early 7th century. From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, we learn that Rædwald was wedded to a queen whose name is sadly lost to us. However, her sage like advice to Rædwald to not forget his past alliances and the old gods is recorded. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Raedwald and his queen had at least two sons, Rægenhere (killed c.617) and Eorpwald (killed c.627). Eorpwald’s bane and possible successor was Ricberht.  Around the year 630, Rædwald’s probable step-son Sigeberht seems to have reigned over some of the region of East Anglia before giving up his leadership to his kinsman Æthelric or Ecgric.  However, there is some confusion as the leadership of the Wuffings passed quickly through the hands of Æthelric. From 655, the leadership past to Æthelwald, whose reign signalled a less troubled, peaceful phase of the Wuffings’ history. The Wuffings vanished from the historical record with death of his grandson who died in 749AD.

  Bede states in The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, the word Wuffa comes from the dynasty of kings of East Anglia are called the Wuffings. Also, there is genealogical evidence held by the British Library with denotes of genealogy that dates back fourteen generations of the Wuffings to the Norse god Wodin/Odin.

  Finally, the according to the linguistic research of Rebecca Pinner, writing in St Edmund King and Martyr, ‘Etymologically, the name Wuffa appears to be a diminutive form of Wulf (wolf) and should be translated as little wolf.’ As, Pinner suggests, the positive totemic images of the wolf are common from carvings and jewels stemming in the region of East Anglia from the period of the Wuffings onwards, for example on the finds from the Sutton Hoo burial ship, in which Rædwald was believed to buried.