Ralf

Ralph (pronounced ralf ; or, more traditionally, rayf) 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.
The most common forms are:
Ralph, the common variant form in the English language, traditionally pronounced but now commonly , 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

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Combine of rad (counsel) and ulfr (wolf).

Raoul, Raul, Ralphis, Ralph

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ralf Dümmel	1966
2	Ralf Schumacher	1975	German racecar driver
3	Ralf Little	1980	English actor, footballer
4	Ralf Bauer	1966	German actor and television presenter
5	Ralf Möller	1959	German actor and bodybuilder
6	Ralf Rangnick	1958	German footballer and manager
7	Ralf Hütter	1946	Founding member of Kraftwerk
8	Ralf Zacherl	1971	German cook
9	Ralf Kabelka	1964	German screenwriter
10	Ralf Speth	1955	German entrepreneur
11	Ralf Dahrendorf	1929	German-British sociologist, politician
12	Ralf Wohlleben	1975
13	Ralf de Souza Teles	1984	Footballer
14	Ralf Fährmann	1988	German footballer
15	Ralf Höcker	1971	German lawyer
16	Ralf Scheepers	1965	German singer
17	Ralf Lindermann	1960	German actor
18	Ralf Jakumeit	1973	German cook
19	Ralf Seeger	1962	German actor
20	IC Falkenberg	1960	German musician
21	Ralf Jones
22	Ralf Dujmovits	1961	Mountaineer
23	Ralf Vogel	1973	German lawyer
24	Ralf Aron	1998
25	Ralf Petersen	1938	German composer
26	Ralf	1961
27	Ralf Souquet	1968	German pool player
28	Ralf Edström	1952	Swedish footballer
29	Ralf Youtz	1972	American musician
30	Ralf Reinders	1948
31	Ralf Vandebergh		Dutch astronomer and photographer
32	Ralf Dörper	1960
33	Ralf Schermuly	1942	German actor and voice actor
34	Ralf König	1960	German comic book creator
35	Ralf Mackenbach	1995	Dutch singer and actor
36	Ralf Gustke	1964	German musician
37	Ralf Seuntjens	1989	Dutch footballer
38	Ralf Schumann	1962	Sport shooter
39	Ralf Minge	1960	German footballer and manager
40	Ralf Reski	1958	Geneticist
41	Ralf Paulsen	1929	German singer
42	Ralf Gyllenhammar	1966	Swedish musician
43	Ralf Bos	1961	German author and cook
44	Ralf Harolde	1899	American actor
45	Ralf Wolter	1926	German Actor
46	Ralf Benson	1973	German actor
47	Ralf Huettner	1954	German film director
48	Ralf Schüler	1930	German architect
49	Ralf Waldmann	1966	German motorcycle racer
50	Ralf Goldkind	1963	German record producer and musician
51	Ralf Kühler	1967	German television presenter and radio host
52	Ralf Konersmann	1955	German philosopher
53	Ralf Dittrich	1949	German actor
54	Ralf Becker	1970	German association football player
55	Ralf Schmitz	1974	German actor
56	Ralf Scholt	1964	German television presenter
57	Ralf Westhoff	1969	German film director and screenwriter
58	Ralf Rocchigiani	1963	German boxer
59	Ralf Richter	1957	German actor
60	Ralf Komorr	1962	German actor
61	Ralf Kramp	1963	German author, archivist and publisher
62	Ralf Gregan	1933	German director and screenwriter
63	Ralf Kellermann	1968	German association footballer
64	Ralf Stegner	1959	German politician
65	Ralf Wengenmayr	1965	German musician
66	Ralf Schmerberg	1965	German film director
67	Ralf Kleindiek	1965	German politician and jurist
68	Ralf Loose	1963	German footballer and manager
69	Ralf Zumdick	1958	German footballer
70	Ralf Gothóni	1946	Finnish musician
71	Ralf Hildenbeutel	1969	German composer
72	Ralf Zimmermann von Siefart	1958	German journalist
73	Ralf Holtmeyer	1956	German rower
74	Ralf Regenbogen	1960	German association football player
75	Ralf Sund	1955	Finnish politician
76	Ralf Kelleners	1968	German racing driver
77	Ralf Hirsch	1960
78	Ralf Allgöwer	1964	German association football player
79	Ralf Hoffrogge	1980	German historian and political scientist
80	Ralf Appel	1971	German chess player
81	Ralf Hemmingsen	1949	Danish psychiatrist, university teacher and rector
82	Ralf Altmeyer	1966	German virologist
83	Ralf Arnie	1924	German composer
84	Ralf Wadephul	1956	German keyboard player
85	Ralf Nagel	1959	German politician
86	Ralf Bartels	1978	German shot putter
87	Ralf Regitz	1964
88	Ralf Michalowsky	1950	German politician
89	Ralf Kerbach	1956	German artist, graphic designer and draughtsperson
90	Ralf van Bühren	1962	Art historian
91	Ralf Schnell	1943	German rector
92	Ralf Husmann	1964	German television producer
93	Ralf Illenberger	1956	German musician
94	Ralf Nestmeyer	1964	German historian, author and writer
95	Ralf Bernd Herden	1960	German politician and lawyer
96	Ralf Günther	1967	German screenwriter
97	Ralf Isau	1956	German writer
98	Ralf Mojsiejenko	1963	American football player
99	Ralf Benschu	1962	German musician
100	Ralf Rothmann	1953	German writer
101	Ralf Baptist Friedrich	1946
102	Ralf Thenior	1945	German writer
103	Ralf Jäger	1961	German politician
104	Ralf Raths	1977	German historian
105	Ralf Stemmann		German record producer
106	Ralf Georg Reuth	1952	German historian
107	Ralf Christoffers	1956	German politician
108	Ralf Blank	1962	German archivist
109	Ralf Falkenmayer	1963	German football player
110	Ralf Dreier	1931	German jurist
111	Ralf Bönt	1963	German writer
112	Ralf Ziervogel	1975	German artist and draughtsperson
113	Ralf Wosik	1958	German table tennis player
114	Ralf D. Bode	1941	American cinematographer
115	Ralf Ptak	1960	German economist
116	Ralf Sievers	1961	German footballer
117	Ralf Peter	1961	German association football player
118	Ralf Bethke	1942
119	Ralf Eschelbach	1958	German judge
120	Ralf Kreutzer	1958	German economist
121	Ralf Witzel	1972	German politician
122	Ralf Otto	1956	German conductor
123	Ralf Åkesson	1961	Chess grandmaster
124	Ralf Georg Czapla	1964	German germanist and specialist in literature
125	Ralf Broß	1966	German politician
126	Ralf Zur Linde	1969
127	Ralf Haber	1962	German hammer thrower
128	Ralf Schenk	1956	German author
129	Ralf Pröve	1960	German military historian and regional historian
130	Ralf Peeker	1958	Swedish musician
131	Ralf Michelfelder	1960
132	Ralf Fücks	1951	German politician
133	Ralf Weber	1969	German footballer
134	Ralf Philipp	1966	German ice hockey player
135	Ralf Heskamp	1965	German association football player
136	Ralf P. Brandes	1969	German physiologist
137	Ralf Metzenmacher	1964	German artist, designer and painter
138	Ralf Stech	1972	German film actor and stage actor
139	Ralf Törngren	1899	Prime Minister of Sweden
140	Ralf Holzschuher	1963	German politician
141	Ralf Raps	1960	German association football player
142	Ralf Sotscheck	1954	German journalist and author
143	Ralf Meister	1962	German bishop
144	Ralf Vollmer	1962	German association football player
145	Torsten Ralf	1901	Swedish singer
146	Ralf Sander	1963	German sculptor
147	Ralf de Pagter	1989	Dutch basketball player
148	Ralf Henricksen	1907	Art educator, watercolorist, painter, and muralist
149	Ralf Obergfell
150	Ralf Poscher	1962	German legal historian
151	Ralf Adams	1966	Biologist
152	Ralf Schröder	1927	German specialist in literature and literary editor
153	Ralf Oberdorfer	1960	German politician
154	Ralf Schmid	1969	German record producer
155	Ralf von Diericke	1961	German association football player
156	Ralf Kapschack	1954	German politician
157	Ralf Hotchkiss		American inventor
158	Ralf Gauck	1965	German musician
159	Ralf Steinmetz	1956	German computer scientist
160	Ralf Ehrenbrink	1960	Equestrian
161	Ralf Balzis	1965	German association football player
162	Ralf Kettemann	1986	German association football player
163	Ralf Hertwig	1963	German screenwriter
164	Ralf Göbel	1961	German politician
165	Ralf Brachmann	1962	German karateka
166	Ralf Ollert	1960
167	Ralf Glau	1956	German video game developer
168	Ralf Niermann	1963
169	Ralf Drescher	1956	German politician
170	Ralf Koerrenz	1963	German theologian
171	Ralf Köttker	1970	German journalist
172	Ralf Lau	1959	German chess player
173	Ralf Brauksiepe	1967	German politician
174	Ralf Piorr	1966	German historian
175	Ralf B. Wehrspohn	1970	German physicist
176	Ralf Göthel	1962	German biathlete
177	Ralf Bißdorf	1971	German fencer
178	Ralf Willing	1949
179	Ralf Bockstedte	1971	German association football manager and lawyer
180	Ralf Wienrich	1967	German composer
181	Ralf Palandt	1965	German author
182	Ralf Forsbach	1965	German medical historian
183	Ralf Weikert	1940	Austrian conductor and music educator
184	Ralf Finke	1960	German journalist and author
185	Ralf Exel	1963	German television presenter
186	Ralf Geisenhanslüke	1960	German journalist and editor-in-chief
187	Ralf Matzka	1989	German cyclist
188	Ralf Friedrichs	1964	German television presenter and writer
189	Ralf Rauch	1950	German politician
190	Ralf Außem	1960	German footballer
191	Ralf Bochert	1961	German university teacher
192	Ralf Lanwehr	1971	German economist
193	Ralf Obermüller	1958	German association football player
194	Ralf Dombrowski	1965	German non-fiction writer
195	Ralf Junkerjürgen	1969	German university teacher and writer
196	Ralf Schehr	1953	German football manager
197	Ralf Büchner	1967	Olympic gymnast
198	Ralf Simon	1961	German germanist and specialist in literature
199	Ralf Röger	1964	German jurist
200	Ralf J. Spatzier		British mathematician