Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Ralph
/RALF/
Meaning
“Wolf counsel”
From Old Norse Raðulfr meaning 'wolf counsel', brought to England by the Normans.
Nicknames
ralpie
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Deeply old-fashioned in the US and UK but ripe for a vintage revival, starting to feel fresh again.
The cultural moment.
Stalled for decades, now very occasionally appearing on lists of comeback names in the UK.