Ralph (name)
Ralph 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. It is often pronounced but the traditional British pronunciation is .
Variant forms include:
- Ralph, the traditional variant form in the English language.
- Raff, variant form which is a very rare male first name.
- Rafe, variant form which is a very rare male first name; it is pronounced , the same as the traditional but infrequent pronunciation of Ralph.
- Ralf, the traditional variant form in the German and Swedish languages (although Ralph is also used as a given name in 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.