Ralf
[rælf]Meaning
variant of Ralph
Background Story
Ralf is a variant of Ralph. It is used in Azerbaijani, Catalan, Estonian, French, Germanic, Italian, Latvian, Old Germanic, Old Norse, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish, and Wiktionary records it in German, Old Norse, Swedish and English. The Estonian form was borrowed from German Ralf, itself from English Ralph, while the Finnish form goes back to Old Norse Ráðulfr, probably by way of Swedish, German or English.
Variations
Ralph
Related Names
Rolph
Variant of Rolf, formed from the Germanic roots hroþi, hruod, wulf and wolf
Rainer
German form of rayner
Ralph
From the Old Norse elements rað "counsel" and ulfr "wolf"
Rick
Short form of Richard or of names ending in rick
Robb
A Scottish surname formed as a short form of Robert
Rodi
Karelian, Kurdish and Greek given name; Italian name for Rhodes
Rodolfo
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Rudolf, from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiwulfaz, "glorious wolf".
Rolf
From the Germanic hrod ("renown") + wulf ("wolf")
Wolfe
Variant of Wolf, influenced by the spelling of the surname
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