Ralph?

[Hoptastic53]

I have never met a Ralph and I can't work out if there's something terrible about the name that I'm missing. I think Ralphie is cute for the baby years and Ralph is good for an older child and adult. What do you think?

[ScarletSienna]

I like the pn Rafe but less keen on Ralph. Too many Judy Blume memories

[DramaAlpaca]

Rafe isn't too bad, spelled that way, but to me Ralph looks and sounds awful.

And it's slang for vomiting, which is not a good association.

[reuset]

Not keen. Too many negative associations. Seconding Rafe, that spelling.

[Hoptastic53]

Ralph doesn't mean vomiting where we live

The other names I like are Caspar and Rory but I'm really struggling to find anything I love or could actually imagine using.

[Sallysadlyseescertainty]

I know a Ralph. Can't say I'd choose the name myself.

Have you any other favourites?

[Bloopbleep]

Ralphie makes me think of chief wiggum's son in the simpsons... but it's cute.

[LadyB49]

Couldn't go for it myself....our blonde Labrador is called Ralph. Sorry.

[ScarletSienna]

I like Rory and Casper. Rory more. If I could pronounce my Rs better, I'd use it!

[Sallysadlyseescertainty]

I see you have other names you like. The later is a very strong name. Shorter or one syllable names tend to be.

[memyselfandaye]

Judy Blume for me too. Infact dicks are what I think when I hear the name Ralph.

30yrs later it still makes me snigger like the 12yr old I was when I read it.

[ScarlettFreestone]

"Forever" for me too I'm afraid. Maybe it's generational.

Rory is nice.

[DizzyDigestive]

I actually really like it! Ralphie is cute and sounds just like Alfie which is very popular.

[Redlocks28]

It's the name of a penis for me, sorry!

[ilovepixie]

What about Ralph Hughie

[FirstSeemItThenBeIt]

Of all the gorgeous names in the world for your beautiful baby...Ralph???

[ZombieApocalips]

Ralph Wiggum makes it a big no for me.

Love Rory though.

[SuperBeagle]

Wiggum.

I like Caspar a lot. Rory is better than Ralph too.

[Jooni]

I like Ralph! Don't see the problem with it personally. I had no idea it was slang for penis or vomit or anything else. Just a strong, simple, classic name to me.

[Thanksforasking]

I know a Ralph aged 50 from when we were in primary and it was really old fashioned then. Everyone else was called Mark and Paul.

I also know a Ralph in his seventies.

Awful name.

Don't mind your other two choices.

[emilybrontescorset]

Ralph ( pronounced Rafe) Is gorgeous.

[rollonthesummer]

It isn't particularly slang for a penis, but the name of a chap's penis in a Pan Horizon book many of us read in our formative years!

[geordiedench]

Weird. Why do so many people dislike the name Ralph? It's fine. Rafe is nice, Ralfie is very cute. And it's a normal name without being very popular, which is hard to find.
I love Rory too, though prefer the Scottish spelling.
How about Rafael? Raffie is cute too.

[SchnitzelVonCrumb]

I'm not in the UK

Do most people read Ralph and pronounce it Rafe?

I'm confused

[Bloosh]

I like it! Suddenly strikes me as a really good cool name.

I haven't read Judy Blume though

[dylsmimi]

I know both a Rafe and a Ralph (not pronounced Rafe) and both are lovely
I wasn't keen on the name Ralph before and always thought judy Blume but actually now I know what a lovely little boy Ralph is that's who I think of when I hear it
If you like it op go for it and people will link it with your ds