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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: Wolf; wise counsel

First name variations: Ralf, Raff, Raffi, Rolf, Rolph, Raoul, Raul, Ralston

Last name origin & meaning:

English: from a Middle English personal name composed of Germanic rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. This was first introduced into England by Scandinavian settlers in the Old Norse form Ráðulfr, and was reinforced after the Conquest by the Norman form Ra(d)ulf. Compare German Rudolf.

Famous people with this first name: Ralph Lauren, Ralph Macchio

This name appears in the following lists: Black History/Civil Rights Leaders, Composers, Poets