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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Wolf; wise counsel

Boy name variations

Ralf

Ralf

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raff

Raff

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raffi

Raffi

+ 64% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rolf

Rolf

+ 33% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rolph

Rolph

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raoul

Raoul

+ 13% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Raul

Raul

+ 18% this year
Masculine
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Ralston

Ralston

- 13% this year
Masculine
Rare
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How Popular Is The Name Ralph

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : from a Middle English personal name composed of Germanic rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was first introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Ráðulfr, and was reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman form Ra(d)ulf. Compare German Rudolf.

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