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Gender
  
Male

Meaning
  
counsel wolf

Word/name
  
Old Norse, Old English

Related names
  
Raul, Ralphie, Raoul

Ralph (pronounced ralf /rælf/; or, more traditionally, rayf /reɪf/) is an English, Irish, Scottish, Dutch, Scandinavian and German masculine given name, derived from the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf and the longer form Radulf. It is also a surname.

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The most common forms are:

  • Ralph, the common variant form in the English language, traditionally pronounced /reɪf/ but now commonly /rælf/, as spelled

    • Other forms of the name are:

  • Rafe, variant form which is a relatively rare male first name; it is pronounced /reɪf/.
  • Raef, variant form which is a very rare male first name (e.g. Raef Bjayou)
  • Raife, variant form which is a very rare male first name (e.g Raife Wellsted)
  • Raff, variant form which is a very rare male first name
  • Raif, variant form which is a very rare male first name
  • Ralf, the traditional variant form in the Dutch, German and Swedish languages (although Ralph is also used as a given name in German and Swedish)
  • Raoul, the traditional variant form in the French language
  • Raúl, the traditional variant form in the Spanish language
  • Raul, the traditional variant form in the Portuguese and Italian languages
  • Raül, the traditional variant form in the Catalan language
  • Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in the Irish language

    • Given name

    Ralph is a masculine given name, derived from Old Norse Ráðúlfr meaning literally "counsel wolf"

    Middle Ages

  • Ralph the Timid (died 1057), pre-Conquest Norman earl of Hereford, England
  • Ralph d'Escures (died 1122), Abbot of Séez, Bishop of Rochester and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Ralph Neville (died 1244), Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Ralph de Maidstone (died 1245), Bishop of Hereford
  • Ralph Baldock (died 1313), Bishop of London and Lord Chancellor of England in 1307
  • Ralph Stratford (c. 1300-1354), Bishop of London
  • Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364–1425), English peer
  • Ralph Percy (died 1464), English knight

    • Modern world

  • Ralph Abercromby (1734–1801), Scottish soldier and politician
  • Ralph Abernathy (1927–1990), American civil rights leader, minister and a close associate of Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • Ralph Abraham (mathematician) (born 1936), American mathematician
  • Ralph Abraham (politician) (born 1954), member of the US House of Representatives
  • Ralph Adams Cram (1863–1942), American architect of collegiate and ecclesiastical buildings
  • Ralph Allen (disambiguation)
  • Ralph Backstrom (born 1937), Canadian retired National Hockey League player
  • Ralph Bakshi, American director of animated and live-action films
  • Ralph Bass (1911–1997), American rhythm and blues record producer and talent scout for several independent labels
  • Ralph Beard (1927-2007), American basketball player
  • Ralph F. Beermann (1912–1977), American politician, member of the US House of Representatives
  • Ralph Bellamy (1904–1991), American actor
  • Ralph Blane (1914–1995), American composer, lyricist and performer
  • Ralph Branca (1926-2016), American Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Ralph Brown, English actor and writer
  • Ralph Bunche (1903–1971), American political scientist, academic and diplomat
  • Ralph Burns (1922–2001), American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist
  • Ralph Byrd (1909–1952), American actor
  • Ralph Carmichael, composer and arranger of secular pop music and contemporary Christian music
  • Ralph Chaplin (1887–1961), American writer, artist and labor activist
  • Ralph Chase (1902–1989), American football player
  • Ralph Connor (1860-1937), Canadian novelist and church leader
  • Ralph Connor (scientist) (1907-1990), American chemist
  • Ralph D. Cornell (1890–1972), American landscape architect
  • Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688), English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists
  • Ralph DeLoach (born 1957), American football player
  • Ralph Earl (1751–1801), American painter known for his portraits
  • Ralph Edwards (disambiguation)
  • Ralph Ellison (1913–1994), American novelist, literary critic and scholar
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803—1882), American essayist, lecturer and poet
  • Ralph Fiennes (born 1962), English actor and director
  • Ralph Foster (disambiguation)
  • Ralph E. Gomory (born 1929), American applied mathematician and IBM executive
  • Ralph Horween (1896–1997), American football player for Harvard Crimson and in the NFL, centenarian
  • Ralph Ince (1887–1937), American pioneer film actor, director and screenwriter
  • Ralph Isselhardt (1910–1972), American football player
  • Ralph Jarvis (born 1965), American player of gridiron football
  • Ralph Johnson (disambiguation)
  • Ralph Kiner (1922-2014), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
  • Ralph Klein (1942–2013), Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta
  • Ralph Klein (basketball) (1931–2008), Israeli basketball player and coach
  • Ralph Kuncl, American neurologist and academic
  • Ralph Lauren (born 1939), American fashion designer
  • Ralph Macchio (born 1961), American actor
  • Ralph McQuarrie (1929–2012), American conceptual designer and illustrator, noted for his work in the Star Wars trilogy
  • Ralph Michael (1907-1994), English actor
  • Ralph Morgan (1883–1956), American actor
  • Ralph Morgan (rugby) (c.1920–2009), Welsh rugby union and league player
  • Ralph Nader (born 1934), American political activist, author, lecturer and attorney
  • Ralph Nichols (1910–2001), English badminton player
  • Ralph Nichols (American football) (1874-1949), American politician and college football player and head coach
  • Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland (born 1956), English landowner
  • Ralph Sadler (1507-1587), English diplomat, Privy Councillor, Secretary of State and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • Ralph Shortey, American politician
  • Ralph Stanley (born 1927), American bluegrass/traditional music performer
  • Ralph A. Vaughn (1907–2000), African-American academic, architect and film set designer
  • Ralph Wammack, American politician, Missouri senator
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), English composer
  • Ralph Wilson (1918–2014), founder and owner of the Buffalo Bills National Football League team
  • Ralph Yarborough (1903-1996), American politician, longtime Senator from Texas

    • Surname

  • Bo Ralph (born 1945), Swedish linguist
  • Brian Ralph (born 1973), American cartoonist
  • Caleb Ralph (born 1977), New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • Damani Ralph (born 1980), Jamaican football player
  • David Ralph (born 1972), Scottish field hockey forward
  • Dicky Ralph (1908–1989), Welsh international rugby player
  • Elena Ralph (born 1984), Miss Israel 2005
  • Glencora Ralph (born 1988), Australian water polo player
  • Hanna Ralph (1888–1978), German actress
  • J. Ralph (born 1975), American composer, singer/songwriter and producer
  • Josh Ralph (born 1991), Australian athlete
  • James Ralph (died 1762), American-born English political writer, historian and reviewer
  • James Ralph (cricketer) (born 1975), English cricketer
  • Jessie Ralph (1864–1944), American actress
  • Kharis Ralph (born 1992), Canadian former ice dancer
  • Mark Ralph (born 1980), Scottish field hockey player
  • Michael Ralph (born c.1963), American actor and comedian
  • Nathan Ralph (born 1993), English footballer
  • Richard Ralph (born 1946), British ambassador
  • Richard Ralph (Missouri politician), American politician, Missouri senator
  • Shea Ralph (born 1978), American basketball player and coach
  • Sheryl Lee Ralph (born 1956), American actress and singer

    • Fictional characters

  • Ralph Cifaretto, on The Sopranos
  • Ralph Kramden, portrayed by Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners
  • Ralph Wiggum, on The Simpsons
  • Ralph Malph, on Happy Days
  • Ralph Furley, on Three's Company
  • Ralph Jones, title character of King Ralph, a 1991 American comedy film starring John Goodman
  • the title character of Ralph 124C 41+, a 1911 science fiction novel
  • Ralph, the main character of the novel Lord of the Flies
  • Ralph, in the Wolf and Sheepdog Warner Bros. cartoons
  • Raffish Ralph, fin the Berenstain Bears cartoon series
  • Ralph, from the comic strip Drabble
  • Ralph, from the comic strip Sally Forth
  • Ralph Dring, in the UK sitcom Dear John
  • Ralph Drang, in the US sitcom Dear John
  • Wreck-It Ralph, the title character of the 2012 Disney computer animated film Wreck-It Ralph
  • Ralph "Ralphie" Parker, main character/narrator of the 1983 Christmas movie A Christmas Story
  • Ralph Theodore Guard, a security guard at Warner Bros. in the animated series Animaniacs
  • Ralph, a giant wolf monster from the video game Rampage
  • Ralph in Rotten Ralph children's picture books
  • The title character from the children's novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle

    • References

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