Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today
RalfIn Hebrew: ראלף · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: רָאלְףRomanization: ralf
Ralf (Hebrew: ראלף) is a boy's name of international origin. 44 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
- People in Israel
- 44
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- —
- not in the list
- Peak year
- —
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Ralf
In Hebrew letters the name is ראלף, read right to left. Ralf is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ralf" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- a transliteration of the English male given name Ralph
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Ralf by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Questions about Ralf
How do you write Ralf in Hebrew?
Ralf is written ראלף in Hebrew (with vowel points: רָאלְף). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ralf".
How many people in Israel are named Ralf?
44 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ראלף: 0 women and 44 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Ralf a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ראלף are men.
What does the name Ralf mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "a transliteration of the English male given name Ralph"
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.