Ralph
Meaning
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- (slang) Fictional person used in references to vomiting.
- An unincorporated community in Harding County, South Dakota, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɹælf/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English Radulf, from Old English Rǣdwulf (also as Raulf), from Proto-West Germanic *Rādawulf, from Proto-Germanic *Rēdawulfaz. Reinforced by similar forms brought to England, e.g. Old Norse Ráðúlfr, then in the Norman form Old French Radulf, Radulph. For the sense relating to vomiting, see ralph.
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