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
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