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What does Ralph mean?
Ralph 
▼ as a boys' name is pronounced ralf, rafe. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Ralph is "wolf counsel". The wolf is an animal with a reputation for being crafty. Rolf is a German form. Poet Ralph Waldo Emerson; consumer activist Ralph Nader; actors Ralph Fiennes, Ralph Macchio.
STARTS WITH Ra-
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, wolf, counsel, crafty (intelligent)
Variations
VARIANTS Rafe, Raff, Ralf, Raoul, Raul, Rolf, Rolph
OTHER FORMS VIA ROLF Rolfe, Rolle, Rollo
FEMININE FORMS Ralphina, Raoule
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Raph, ..
(female) Ralae, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ralph Jacoby (R.J.), ..
How popular is Ralph?
Ralph is a very prominent first name for men (#62 out of 1220, Top 5%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#4106 out of 150436, Top 3%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ralph reached its peak position of #21 in the U.S. during the years 1910-1919, and is currently at #951. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Raul (#514 VIA LATEST LIST), Rafe, Raoul, Rolf and Rollo are the popular varying forms of Ralph (#951) rated in the Top 2000. These forms of Ralph were favored as birth names a century ago (AVERAGE #1081) and have become much less popular since (#1577, 95% LESS USAGE), with the form Ralph falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Ralph▼ is pronounced similarly to Rolphe. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Dolph, Rajah and Ralegh (see Raleigh). These names tend to be less commonly used than Ralph.
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