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Ralph?

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Hoptastic53 · 17/03/2017 23:35

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?

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Thanksforasking · 18/03/2017 06:58

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.

Jooni · 18/03/2017 06:52

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.

SuperBeagle · 18/03/2017 00:40

Wiggum.

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

ZombieApocalips · 18/03/2017 00:37

Ralph Wiggum makes it a big no for me.

Love Rory though.

FirstSeemItThenBeIt · 18/03/2017 00:24

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

ilovepixie · 18/03/2017 00:22

What about Ralph HughieSmileSmile

Redlocks28 · 18/03/2017 00:20

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

DizzyDigestive · 18/03/2017 00:19

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

ScarlettFreestone · 18/03/2017 00:17

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

Rory is nice.

memyselfandaye · 18/03/2017 00:12

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.

Sallysadlyseescertainty · 18/03/2017 00:05

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

ScarletSienna · 18/03/2017 00:04

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

LadyB49 · 17/03/2017 23:59

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

Bloopbleep · 17/03/2017 23:58

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

Sallysadlyseescertainty · 17/03/2017 23:52

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

Have you any other favourites?

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Hoptastic53 · 17/03/2017 23:46

Ralph doesn't mean vomiting where we live Confused

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

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reuset · 17/03/2017 23:41

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

DramaAlpaca · 17/03/2017 23:39

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.

ScarletSienna · 17/03/2017 23:37

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

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