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Meaning of the nameRalph

Ralph is a spelling of the name Ralf, which means “counsel and wolf”.

Meaning

“counsel and wolf”

Meaning of the name Ralf, of which Ralph is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Ralph · Wiktionary: Rǣdwulf

People (2022)
1,686
Rank in Brazil
#5,769
Median age
37 years
2010 Census
1,496
people

Ralph in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ralph, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (729 people).

0 women 1,684 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ralph is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ralph in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
  2. São Paulo 0.001%
  3. Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo5070.001%
Rio de Janeiro4400.003%
Minas Gerais2140.001%
Espírito Santo990.003%
Paraná730.001%
Rio Grande do Sul470.000%
Pernambuco420.001%
Santa Catarina410.001%
Bahia360.000%
Goiás320.001%
Amazonas260.001%
Distrito Federal230.001%
Mato Grosso160.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Ralph

It is the English spelling of the name, with a final PH; the largest group of people recorded with it was born in the 1980s.

About the name Ralf

According to Wiktionary, Ralph comes from Middle English Radulf, from Old English Rǣdwulf and, further back, from Proto-Germanic; Behind the Name describes it as a contracted form of Old Norse Ráðúlfr (or of Norman Radulf). Wiktionary glosses the two Old English elements of the name as rǣd, 'counsel', and wulf, 'wolf', without giving a single translation for the whole. Ralf appears in Wiktionary as a German and Swedish form, taken from English Ralph in the nineteenth century, and Behind the Name lists it as a variant of Ralph. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,879 people named Ralf, with a median age of 35.

Other spellings of Ralf

SpellingPeople (2022)
Ralf2,879
Ralph1,686

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ralph · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Rǣdwulf · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Ralf · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Behind the Name: Ralph · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Behind the Name: Ralf · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Ralph

What does the name Ralph mean?

Ralph means “counsel and wolf”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Ralf, of which Ralph is a spelling.

How many people are named Ralph in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,686 people with the first name Ralph, which ranks it number 5,769 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Ralph a boy's or a girl's name?

Ralph is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 0 women and 1,684 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ralph?

Ralph is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ralph most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.003% of the state's population is named Ralph (440 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Ralph?

Ralf. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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