Ralph Forename

1,539th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 638,276 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Pitcairn Islands

Ralph Forename Definition:

A male name. Old Norse Raðulfr (= Old English Rædwulf, compound of ræd ‘counsel’ and wulf ‘wolf’), became Radulf and then Ralf. It was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, after which it was reinforced by Norman influence; Domesday Book mentions tenants named Radulfus who had held Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor), and many at the time the survey was made.

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Ralph Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
401,2691:903189
Germany
100%
46,7111:2,070337
Philippines
100%
40,2981:2,631514
Canada
100%
29,9911:1,105254
England
100%
20,9771:2,651386
Netherlands
100%
11,4181:1,480314
Haiti
100%
10,3391:1,038152
South Africa
100%
8,2961:6,5731,233
Ghana
100%
7,8101:3,455500
Sierra Leone-5,4651:1,297268
Australia-4,8011:2,845475
Switzerland
100%
4,4611:1,841372
Brazil
100%
3,3151:64,6264,207
Jamaica-3,1461:916237
New Zealand-2,4571:1,846376
Lebanon
100%
2,3411:2,404454
Nigeria
100%
1,9231:92,3375,340
Gabon
100%
1,8841:1,000227
France
100%
1,6631:39,9701,346
Sri Lanka-1,6451:12,6441,825
Malawi
95%
 
1,5861:10,7901,173
Scotland
100%
1,5431:3,468396
Sweden
100%
1,4031:7,026697
Austria
100%
1,3451:6,330508
Wales
100%
1,3041:2,373401
Poland
100%
1,1781:32,281999
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
9921:1,372258
Saudi Arabia-9331:33,0254,029
Belgium
100%
9281:12,3821,189
Dominican Republic-8901:11,7211,313
Liberia
99%
 
8771:5,031594
Israel
97%
 
7331:11,4641,373
India
100%
6921:1,755,60495,714
Ireland
100%
5911:7,857633
Zimbabwe
100%
5811:26,5472,746
Barbados-5191:558127
Thailand
100%
5101:137,38410,366
Denmark-4951:11,413906
Bahamas-4861:822210
Guyana
100%
4021:1,899360
Egypt
100%
3901:235,6438,182
Seychelles
100%
3811:24320
China-3491:3,914,20051,303
Namibia-3341:7,198959
Togo-3301:21,9373,753
Peru
100%
3221:98,7313,565
Luxembourg
100%
2921:1,932317
Papua New Guinea
99%
 
2741:29,7532,968
Norway
100%
2591:19,8161,202
DR Congo
100%
2471:298,89711,934
Tonga-2261:475106
Cameroon
100%
2251:96,0475,106
Kenya
100%
2131:217,4048,543
Malaysia
99%
 
2011:151,4929,474
Vanuatu-1861:1,407400
Suriname
100%
1811:3,054705
Fiji-1731:5,1581,243
Mexico
99%
 
1681:738,9556,910
Spain
100%
1661:280,3014,806
Chile
78%
 
1561:112,8672,728
Panama
100%
1551:25,2042,274
Venezuela
100%
1551:194,8517,176
Malta-1531:2,806475
Congo
100%
1521:32,9552,860
French Polynesia-1511:1,840421
Japan-1501:853,24014,080
Belize
100%
1481:2,394543
Curaçao
100%
1411:1,105314
Portugal-1381:75,4412,229
Bahrain-1331:10,1401,551
Ecuador-1271:139,5822,879
Oman-1211:33,9562,154
Singapore
100%
1191:52,8326,738
Kuwait-1141:33,2043,097
Hong Kong-1131:68,6082,630
Morocco-1091:315,1256,796
United States Virgin Islands-1021:1,076225
Italy
98%
 
1011:604,5756,091
Indonesia-961:2,687,122127,411
Puerto Rico-951:37,3721,219
Northern Ireland
100%
931:19,819976
Dominica-821:920177
Botswana
100%
791:27,6513,112
Solomon Islands
100%
781:7,448803
Antigua and Barbuda-761:1,308280
Grenada
100%
751:1,442297
Finland
100%
691:79,4662,118
Romania
100%
691:290,6089,100
Estonia
100%
661:19,9301,700
Guam-661:2,434508
Costa Rica
100%
621:76,9022,799
Zambia-621:255,7228,013
Bermuda-581:1,118250
Aruba-541:1,922390
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
541:1,016220
Cayman Islands
100%
521:1,179269
Greece
100%
511:214,4034,245
United Arab Emirates-511:140,2359,537
Honduras
100%
491:179,9484,418
Jersey-491:2,040372
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
481:2,325439
Uganda
100%
471:871,42416,067
Qatar
100%
461:51,5136,571
South Korea-421:132,0106,010
Cyprus
100%
411:21,2461,339
Northern Mariana Islands-411:1,333281
Nicaragua
100%
401:150,4584,367
American Samoa-371:1,509210
Taiwan
100%
371:642,42431,558
Madagascar-361:656,3721,939
Saint Lucia
100%
361:4,939825
New Caledonia
100%
351:7,719883
Colombia
50%
 
341:1,405,26313,813
Turks and Caicos Islands
100%
341:1,021229
Iraq-291:1,207,5129,085
Benin
100%
271:391,69814,343
Afghanistan
100%
251:1,304,94114,244
Central African Republic-251:180,616330
British Virgin Islands
100%
241:1,302310
Argentina
100%
231:1,859,7067,227
Gibraltar-231:1,484297
Tanzania
100%
211:2,513,72922,624
Vietnam
100%
211:4,410,6243,539
Russia
100%
201:7,211,68530,794
Liechtenstein-181:2,103326
Czechia
100%
161:666,0102,826
Guernsey-161:3,958490
Hungary
100%
161:611,9862,162
Ivory Coast
100%
161:1,442,24637,722
Sudan
100%
161:2,362,9363,917
Uruguay
100%
161:214,2273,836
Pakistan
100%
151:12,957,17980,243
Anguilla
100%
131:1,020161
Guatemala
100%
121:1,342,3695,026
Syria-121:1,608,8403,623
Mauritius-101:129,7783,502
Palau-91:2,41236
Swaziland-91:144,4641,815
Macau-71:86,887752
Tunisia-71:96,7005,802
Turkey
100%
71:11,114,53034,230
Burkina Faso
100%
51:3,675,89452,713
Cape Verde
100%
51:105,8303,482
Monaco
100%
51:7,6931,062
Paraguay
100%
51:1,447,3618,023
São Tomé and Príncipe
100%
51:38,3992,673
Bangladesh-41:39,865,34224,379
Ethiopia
100%
41:24,390,03319,296
Libya-41:1,555,3271,779
Marshall Islands
100%
41:12,8081,787
Mongolia-41:733,70410,632
Myanmar-41:12,987,0681,965
Norfolk Island-41:581152
Ukraine-41:11,374,97714,813
Uzbekistan-41:7,696,61011,277
Algeria-31:12,725,57318,455
Bulgaria-31:2,330,13016,302
El Salvador-31:2,113,9299,538
Falkland Islands-31:1,047226
Senegal
100%
31:4,860,45220,187
Andorra-21:41,444944
Bolivia-21:5,300,7026,605
Cook Islands-21:9,0761,075
Croatia
100%
21:2,108,53815,895
Georgia-21:1,869,23320,119
Moldova-21:1,780,5707,407
Montenegro
100%
21:317,2883,822
Montserrat-21:2,438412
Nauru
100%
21:5,964459
Nepal-21:14,243,67686,069
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha-21:2,914288
Serbia-21:3,572,8608,125
Slovakia-21:2,655,0326,915
Albania
100%
11:3,046,57049,159
Angola-11:26,966,6067,835
Armenia
100%
11:2,918,75314,910
Azerbaijan-11:9,642,94442,290
Belarus-11:9,482,38420,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina-11:3,524,4588,651
Brunei-11:419,5703,266
Cambodia-11:16,273,33074,610
Chad-11:13,598,39815,363
Djibouti-11:915,6642,132
Gambia-11:1,926,5961,391
Guinea-11:11,858,6477,978
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Isle of Man
100%
11:85,023723
Jordan
100%
11:8,826,77411,126
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366
Laos-11:6,586,8561,888
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
North Macedonia-11:2,090,75715,787
Mali-11:16,977,7558,714
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Pitcairn Islands
100%
11:521
Saint Barthelemy-11:9,555215
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Slovenia-11:2,458,7586,723
Transnistria-11:475,6382,115
Yemen-11:26,296,75114,474

Ralph (35,023) may also be a surname.

Ralph Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old Norse Raðulfr (= Old English Rædwulf, compound of ræd ‘counsel’ and wulf ‘wolf’), became Radulf and then Ralf. It was in use in England before the Norman Conquest, after which it was reinforced by Norman influence; Domesday Book mentions tenants named Radulfus who had held Tempore Regis Edwardi (In the Reign of Edward the Confessor), and many at the time the survey was made. It developed into Rauf or Raff, and these were the usual forms of the name until the 17th C, when Rafe was more usual. Ralph was a piece of 18th-C antiquarianism, but the pronunciation of the name was still Rāfe. Recently, there have been signs that the spelling pronunciation Rălf (already general in Scotland and the USA) is creeping into use. See also Raoul.

Rauf, Raulf Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-70. Radulf, Radulfus, Radolf Domesday Book 1086, Hundred Rolls 1373. Raffe, Rauf Hundred Rolls 1273. Rafe Promptorium Parvulorum c. 1440. Raaf 15th C Brut. Rauf Lincs 1455, The Coventry Leet Book 1338. Raff Lincs 1533. Rauffe Lincs 1534.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A name corrupted from Randolph or its root Radulph.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

A Teutonic name, meaning: House wolf, name of good omen. Some authorities give this as a form of Rodolph.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Ralph Forename Popularity

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ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ralphe91373/
Raulph9153/
Rhalph9123/
Ralphs9122/
Rallph9120/
Ralfph9113/
Ralpht9112/
Ralphh9111/
Realph9111/
Rralph917/
Hralph915/
Ralphd914/
Ralpph914/
Raalph914/
Ralphf913/
Ralphp913/
Railph913/
Ralpch912/
Ralphz911/
Ralpth911/
Ralhph911/
Ralp891,086/
Ralh89108/
Rallpth831/
Ralphfe831/
Ralphtt831/
Raulphe831/
Rolph803,119/
Ralfh80576/
Rhalp8087/
Ralhp8075/
Ralbh8025/
Ralpf8022/
Ralpe8018/
Ralhf8015/
Rzalh8012/
Raulh8011/
Raldh8011/
Rahlh8010/
Rahlp809/
Railh808/
Ralfp808/
Ralps805/
Rallp803/
Ralpt802/
Railp801/
Realh801/
Realp801/
Ralpp801/
Ralhd801/
Ralhe801/
Ralht801/
Raulp801/
Ralhh801/
Ralhs801/
Hralp801/
Geeralph771/
Rhasylph771/
Ral7510,567/
Rolphe73241/
Rahulp7332/
Roulph736/
Rayleh734/
Ralfhe734/
Realpe733/
Raulhe733/
Rallfh732/
Ralfth731/
Ralpfe731/
Ruolph731/
Roolph731/
Rahalh731/
Rahalp731/
Reylph731/
Realth731/
Rhalps731/
Ralhpe731/
Ralffh731/
Ralhfe731/
Rajleh731/
Raul672,095,572/
Ralf67387,646/
Real6761,896/
Rail6733,506/
Rale67688/
Rasl67385/
Rahl67246/
Raùl67236/
Rayl67228/
Rhal67115/
Rall67114/
Rald67112/
Raal6780/
Rajl6759/
Rzal6751/
Ratlesh6727/
Ratl6721/
Ralv6718/
Rolp6712/
Ralt6710/
Ralb676/
Rolh676/
Rzaallh675/
Rachelp674/
Raël674/
Rgal673/
Raãl672/
Raíl672/
Raûl672/
Ralw671/
Raàl671/
Raœl671/
Hral671/
Railleh671/
Rayllhe671/
Rral671/

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