Name: Ralph
Gender: Male
Usage: Ralph, of anglo-saxon origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ralph are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ralph across the world, see Ralf.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ralph is: Wolf council, Wolf counselor.
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Numerology of the first name Ralph: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber
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The name Ralph is ranked on the 556th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 1043600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.015% of the population. The name Ralph has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ralph for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Ralph (/reɪf/ or /rælf/) is an English, Scandinavian and German male given name, derived from Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" + ulfr "wolf") through Old English Rædwulf and the longer form Radulf.
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/, the same as the traditional but infrequent English pronunciation of Ralph.
- Raef, variant form which is a very rare male first name (e.g. Raef Bjayou).
- 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 language.
- Raül, the traditional variant form in the Catalan language.
- Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in the Irish language.
English: of Norman origin, representing a contracted form of the Germanic name Radulf, composed of the elements rād counsel + wulf wolf. The spelling with -ph is the result of classically influenced ‘improvement’ in the 18th century.
Variants: Ralf, RAFF.
Cognates: French: Raoul. Italian: Raul. Spanish: Raúl.
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