as a Last Name
- 9,145
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Ralph
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 3,924th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 9,145
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Kentucky
- has the most people named Ralph per capita
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