Ralph

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Ralph
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameOld Norse, Old English
Meaning"Counsel wolf" or "Famous wolf" (Rudolph)
Other names
Related namesRaul, Raoul, Ralphie, Rudolph
See alsoRobert, Roland, Roger, Rose, Roderick, Rodney, Raymond

Ralph (pronounced /rælf/ RALF; or, more rarely, /reɪf/ RAYF,[1]) is a Germanic, Irish, and Scottish masculine given name, derived from the Old English Rædwulf and the longer form Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" and ulfr "wolf").[2][citation needed] It is also a surname and often a nickname of Rudolph, a name deriving from two stems: Hrōþi, Hruod, Hróðr or Hrōð, meaning "fame", "glory" , and olf meaning "wolf".[citation needed]

The most common forms are:

  • Ralph, the common variant form in English.

Other forms of the name are:

  • Rafe, variant form which is a relatively rare male first name; it is pronounced /reɪf/.
  • Raife, variant form which is a very rare male first name.
  • Raif, variant form which is a very rare male first name.[3]
  • Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish.
  • Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian.
  • Raoul, the traditional variant form in French.
  • Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish.
  • Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian.
  • Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan.
  • Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish.

Also occurs in a feminine form Ralphine as a .

Given name[]

Middle Ages[]

  • Ralph the Timid (died 1057), pre-Conquest Norman earl of Hereford, England
  • Ralph de Gael (1042–1096), the Earl of East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) and Lord of Gaël and Montfort, leader of the Revolt of the Earls
  • Ralph de Diceto (c. 1120 – c. 1202), archdeacon of Middlesex, dean of St Paul's Cathedral (from c. 1180), and author of two chronicles, the Abbreviationes chronicorum and the Ymagines historiarum
  • Ralph d'Escures (died 1122), Abbot of Séez, Bishop of Rochester and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Ralph Neville (died 1244), Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Ralph de Maidstone (died 1245), Bishop of Hereford
  • Ralph Baldock (died 1313), Bishop of London and Lord Chancellor of England in 1307
  • Ralph Stratford (c. 1300 – 1354), Bishop of London
  • Ralph de Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland (1364–1425), English peer
  • Ralph Percy (died 1464), English knight
  • Saint Ralph Sherwin (died 1581), Catholic saint and English martyr
  • Ralph de Warneville (died 1191), twentieth Lord Chancellor of England as well as later Bishop of Lisieux in Normandy

Ralph_Heywood===Modern world===

Surname[]

Fictional characters[]

  • Ralph Cifaretto, on The Sopranos
  • Ralph Furley, on Three's Company
  • Ralph Kramden, portrayed by Jackie Gleason on The Honeymooners
  • Ralph Malph, on Happy Days
  • Ralph Wiggum, on The Simpsons
  • Ralph Jones, title character of King Ralph, a 1991 American comedy film starring John Goodman
  • the title character of Ralph 124C 41+, a 1911 science fiction novel
  • Ralph, in the Wolf and Sheepdog Warner Bros. cartoons
  • Raffish Ralph, fin the Berenstain Bears cartoon series
  • Ralph, from the comic strip Drabble
  • Ralph, from the comic strip Sally Forth
  • Ralph Dring, in the UK sitcom Dear John
  • Ralph Drang, in the US sitcom Dear John
  • Wreck-It Ralph, the title character of the 2012 Disney computer animated film Wreck-It Ralph
  • Ralph, a dog in the animated film Balto III: Wings of Change
  • Ralph "Ralphie" Parker, main character/narrator of the 1983 Christmas movie A Christmas Story
  • Rude Ralph, a character in Horrid Henry
  • Ralph Theodore Guard, a security guard at Warner Bros. in the animated series Animaniacs
  • Ralph, a giant wolf monster from the video game Rampage
  • Ralph in Rotten Ralph children's picture books
  • The title character from the children's novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle
  • Ralph Nickleby, uncle of Nicholas in the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
  • Ralph Rackstraw in the comic opera H.M.S. Pinafore
  • Sir Ralph Shawcross from the TV series You Rang, M'Lord?
  • Ralph Waldo Simpson, a character on the American television sitcom Gimme a Break
  • Ralph Hinkley "Hankley" from the TV series The Greatest American Hero
  • , a character in the Magic School Bus
  • Ralph, the main protagonist in William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies, and also the two film adaptations: the 1963 film and the 1990 film.
  • Ralph, on Detroit: Become Human

See also[]

  • All pages with titles beginning with Ralph
  • Ralphie, a related given name
  • Radulf (disambiguation)
  • Rafe (given name)
  • Raul and its French cognate Raoul (disambiguation)
  • Rudolph

References[]

  1. ^ "AUE: FAQ excerpt: Words whose spelling has influenced their pronunciation". Alt-usage-english.org. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  2. ^ Online Etymology Dictionary
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2008-09-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore
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