Ralph

A male given name: from Old Norse words meaning “counsel” and “wolf.”.

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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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Masc. proper name, shortened from Radulf, from Old Norse Raðulfr (Old English Rædwulf), literally "wolf-counsel," from rað "counsel" (see read (n.)) + ulfr "wolf" (see wolf (n.)). The Century Dictionary also lists it as English printers' slang for "An alleged or imagined evil spirit who does mischief in a printing house."

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

Raul, Ralf, Ralphis, Raoul

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Ralph Fiennes	1962	English theatre and film actor
2	Ralph Waldo Emerson	1803	American philosopher, essayist, and poet
3	Ralph Lauren	1939	American fashion designer and business executive
4	Ralph Nader	1934	American consumer rights activist and corporate critic
5	Ralph Tresvant	1968	American singer
6	Ralph Waite	1928	American actor
7	Ralph Sampson	1960	American basketball player
8	Ralph Ineson	1969	English actor
9	Ralph Bakshi	1938	Animator, filmmaker
10	Ralph Vaughan Williams	1872	English composer
11	Ralph Bellamy	1904	Actor
12	Ralph Carter	1961	American actor
13	Sheryl Lee Ralph	1956	American actress-singer
14	Jason Ralph	1986	American film and stage actor
15	Ralph Richardson	1902	English actor
16	Ralph Stanley	1927	American singer
17	Ralph Sae	1965	American musician
18	Ralph Ellison	1914	American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer
19	Ralph Sarchie	1962
20	Ralph Garman	1964	American actor
21	Ralph Abernathy	1926	American Civil Rights Movement leader
22	Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland	1956	British noble
23	Ralph Caspers	1972	German television presenter and author
24	Ralph Peters	1952	American military officer, writer, pundit
25	Ralph Bunche	1904	American diplomat
26	Ralph Brown	1957	English actor and writer
27	Ralph Baer	1922	German-American video game pioneer, inventor and engineer
28	Ralph Meeker	1920	American actor
29	Ralph Steadman	1936	British cartoonist
30	Ralph McQuarrie	1929	American conceptual designer and illustrator
31	Ralph Branca	1926	American baseball player
32	Ralph Cifaretto
33	Ralph T. Niemeyer	1969	German journalist
34	Ralph Herforth	1960	German actor
35	Ralph Northam	1959	American physician and politician
36	Ralph McTell	1944	British musician
37	Ralph Wilson	1918	American football league owner
38	Ralph Hasenhüttl	1967	Austrian football player and manager
39	Ralph Wiggum		Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
40	Ralph Kiner	1922	American baseball player and announcer
41	Ralph Capone	1894	American mobster
42	Ralph Krueger	1959	Canadian ice hockey player
43	Ralph J. Roberts	1920	American businessman
44	Ralph Goodale	1949	Canadian politician
45	Ralph Foody	1928	American actor
46	Ralph Klein	1942	Canadian politician
47	Ralph Earnhardt	1928	NASCAR driver
48	Ralph Miliband	1924	Marxist theorist
49	Ralph Metcalfe	1910	Track and field sprinter and politician
50	Ralph Bates	1940	English film and television actor
51	Ralph Taeger	1936	Actor
52	Ralph Lazo	1924
53	Ralph Emery	1933	American musician
54	Ralph Milne	1961	Footballer
55	Ralph Shortey	1982
56	Ralph Malph
57	Ralph Ruthe	1972	German author
58	Anselmo Ralph	1981	Singer of R&B, Soul and Kizomba
59	Ralph Recto	1964	Filipino politician
60	Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland	1364	English Earl
61	Ralph Gracie	1971	Brazilian martial artist
62	Ralph Hall	1923	American politician, attorney
63	Ralph Yarborough	1903	Texas politician
64	Ralph Gilles	1970	Industrial designer
65	Ralph Merkle	1952	American cryptographer
66	Ralph Simpson	1949	American basketball player
67	Ralph Pagano		American television chef
68	Ralph Kimball	1944	Writer
69	Ralph W. Tyler	1902	American educator
70	Ralph Steinman	1943	Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
71	Ralph Wigram	1890	British foreign office official
72	Ralph Greenson	1911	American psychiatrist
73	Ralph Ignatowski	1926	United States Marine
74	Ralph Fults	1911	American outlaw
75	Ralph Edwards	1913	Radio and television host and producer
76	Ralph Friedgen	1947	American college football player, college football coach
77	Ralph Natale		American mobster
78	Ralph "Bucky" Phillips	1962	American murderer
79	Ralph Sampson III	1990	American basketball player
80	Ralph Morgan	1883	American actor
81	Ralph Weber	1960	German author
82	Ralph Sadler	1507	English politician
83	Ralph Houk	1919	American baseball player and coach
84	Ralph Cox	1957	American ice hockey player
85	Ralph Regula	1924	American politician
86	Ralph Gonsalves	1946	Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
87	Ralph Manza	1921	American actor
88	Ralph Towner	1940	American musician
89	Ralph Abercromby	1734	Scottish soldier and politician
90	Ralph Nelson	1916	Film actor, director, producer
91	Ralph Macchio		Comic writer
92	Ralph Engelstad	1930	American businessman
93	Ralph J. Gleason	1917	American musician
94	J. Ralph	1975	American musician
95	Ralph Boston	1939	Olympic athlete
96	Ralph Abraham	1954	American physician and congressman
97	Ralph Inbar	1938	Dutch television director and presenter (1938-2004)
98	Ralph MacDonald	1944	American musician
99	Ralph King-Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace	1839	2nd Earl of Lovelace
100	Ralph Hauenstein	1912	American businessman
101	Ralph Wright	1908	American actor
102	Shea Ralph	1978	American basketball player-coach
103	Ralph Furley
104	Ralph Becker	1952	American politician
105	Ralph Schicha	1950	German actor
106	Ralph Winter	1952	American film producer
107	Ralph Lawler	1938	American sportscaster
108	Ralph Santolla	1967	American musician
109	Ralph Smart	1908	British film director
110	Ralph Guarino		A mafia leader of the Dcavalcante Crime Family.
111	Ralph Goings	1928	American artist
112	Ralph Siegel	1945	German record producer
113	Ralph Kretschmar	1980	German actor
114	Ralph Linton	1894	American anthropologist
115	Ralph Harris		Comedian, actor, writer
116	Ralph Adams Cram	1863	American architect
117	Ralph Norman	1953	American politician
118	Ralph Firman	1975	Racecar driver
119	Ralph Amoussou	1989	French actor
120	Ralph Molina	1943	American drummer
121	Ralph Asher Alpher	1921	American cosmologist
122	Ralph Terry	1936	American professional baseball player, pitcher, professional golfer
123	Ralph Forbes	1904	Actor
124	Ralph Jordan	1910	American college football coach, college basketball coach, College Football Hall of Fame member
125	Jessie Ralph	1864	Actress
126	Michael Ralph	1963	Actor, comedian voice actor
127	Ralph Carney	1956	American musician
128	Ralph Burns	1922	American musician
129	Ralph Erskine	1914	Swedish architect
130	Ralph Miller	1919	American basketball player and coach
131	Ralph Michael	1907	Actor
132	Ralph Barton	1891	American artist
133	Ralph Peer	1892	Talent scout, recording engineer and record producer
134	Ralph Neville, 2nd Baron Neville de Raby	1290	English nobleman
135	Ralph Cosham	1936	American actor
136	Ralph McInerny	1929	American writer
137	Ralph Marston	1907	American football player
138	Ralph Carmichael	1927	Jazz composer
139	Ralph Manheim	1907	American translator of German and French literature
140	Ralph Maria Siegel	1911	German composer, author and singer
141	Ralph Byrd	1909	Actor
142	Ralph Benmergui	1955	Canadian broadcaster
143	Ralph de la Vega		Cuban businessman
144	Ralph H. Fowler	1889	English physicist
145	Ralph E. Reed, Jr.	1961	American political pundit
146	Ralph Johnson	1955	Computer scientist
147	Ralph Garr	1945	American baseball player
148	Ralph Strangis		American sportscaster
149	Ralph Eugene Meatyard	1925	American photographer
150	Christopher Ralph	1977	Canadian actor
151	Ralph Willard	1946	American basketball coach
152	Ralph Barbieri		American sports journalist
153	Ralph Metzner	1936	German psychologist
154	Ralph Wenzel	1943
155	Ralph DePalma	1882	Italian-American racecar driver
156	Ralph Albert Blakelock	1847	American artist
157	Ralph Lawrence Carr	1887	29th Governor of Colorado, United States
158	Ralph Helfer	1931	Animal trainer
159	Ralph Gibson	1939	American photographer
160	Ralph E. Gomory	1929	American mathematician
161	Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford	1301	English Earl
162	Ralph Alger Bagnold	1896	British Army officer
163	Ralph Blane	1914	American composer and lyricist
164	Ralph James	1924	American voice and character actor
165	Ralph Hartley	1888	American electronics researcher and information theorist
166	Ralph Ginzburg	1929	American writer, publisher and photo-journalist
167	Ralph Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 4th Baron Montagu of Beaulieu	1961	British noble
168	Ralph Lane	1530	English politician
169	Ralph Rainger	1901	American songwriter and composer
170	Ralph Coates	1946	English footballer
171	Ralph McGill	1898	American journalist
172	Ralph Flanders	1880	Mechanical engineer, industrialist, U.S. Senator from Vermont
173	Ralph Cudworth	1617	English philosopher
174	Ralph Truman	1900	British actor
175	Ralph Vary Chamberlin	1879	American biologist (1879-1967)
176	Ralph Raico	1936	American historian
177	Ralph Feigin	1938	American pediatrician
178	Ralph Eggleston	1965	Animator, art director, storyboard artist and production designer
179	Ralph Mercado	1941	American music executive
180	Ralph Sarich	1938	Australian businessman and inventor
181	Ralph Modjeski	1861	United States civil engineer
182	Ralph Nelson Elliott	1871	American accountant
183	Ralph Camargo	1912	American actor
184	Ralph Beard	1927	Basketball player
185	Ralph "Papa" Thorson	1926
186	Ralph Plaisted	1927	American explorer
187	Ralph Tampubolon	1975
188	Ralph Story	1920	American broadcaster
189	Ralph Teetor	1890	American inventor
190	Ralph Rucci	1957	American fashion designer
191	Ralph Earl	1751	American painter
192	Ralph Hepburn	1896	American racing driver
193	Ralph Fitch	1550	English merchant and writer
194	Ralph Alexander Lorz	1965	German politician
195	Ralph Lewis	1872	Actor
196	Ralph Backstrom	1937	Canadian ice hockey player
197	Ralph H. Johnson	1949	United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
198	Ralph Brazelton Peck	1912	American civil engineer
199	Ralph Neas	1946	American businessman
200	Ralph Darling	1772	British Army general