Ralph

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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 Script error: No such module "IPAc-en"..
  • Raif, a very rare variant.[3]
  • Ralf, the traditional variant form in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Polish.
  • Ralfs, the traditional variant form in Latvian.
  • Raoul, the traditional variant form in French.
  • Raúl, the traditional variant form in Spanish.
  • Raul, the traditional variant form in Portuguese and Italian.
  • Raül, the traditional variant form in Catalan.
  • Rádhulbh, the traditional variant form in Irish.

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First name

Middle Ages

Modern world

Surname

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Fictional characters

See also

References

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  2. Online Etymology Dictionary
  3. Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Raif Rackstraw from H.M.S. Pinafore

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es:Raúl eo:Rolfo fr:Raoul la:Radulphus pt:Ralf