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Ralph (pronounced /rælf/ or /reɪf/)[1] is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English Rædwulf and Old High German Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse Raðulfr (rað "counsel" and ulfr "wolf").[2]
The most common forms are:
Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations.
Rafe, variant form which is less common; this spelling is always pronounced /reɪf/
Ralph de Diceto (c. 1120 – c. 1202), archdeacon of Middlesex, dean of St Paul's Cathedral (from c. 1180), and author of two chronicles, the Abbreviationes chronicorum and the Ymagines historiarum
Ralph Kerr (1891–1941), officer in the Royal Navy who served in First and Second World Wars, one of the principal commanders of Battle of the Denmark Strait
Ralph Kiner (1922–2014), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
Ralph Klein (1942–2013), Canadian politician, Premier of Alberta
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