Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇳🇴 🇸🇪 Ralf
/RAHLF/
Meaning
“Counsel-wolf”
Germanic form of Radulf, from rad (counsel) and wulf (wolf), meaning counsel-wolf; the German spelling without the ph distinguishes it from the English Ralph and signals Central European origin.
Nicknames
ralph
Vibe
playful
How it ages.
Mid-century German staple; feels solidly dated to the 1950s-70s generation, unlikely to revive soon.
The cultural moment.
Common in Germany and Scandinavia from the 1950s through the 1970s; minimal usage in new births since the 1990s.