Ralph?

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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?

And I'm not aware of the penis/vomit connotations!

i really don't like it, never have, seems really pretentious ...same here. It falls into the category of Ptolemy and Tarquin for me.

Funnily enough there was a misbehaving Ralph/Rafe in a shop this morning - mother kept calling "Rafe-ee don't run off/ Raf-ee come back" etc and darling little Rafe-ee was ignoring her.

i quite like Raphael and Rafferty though? Ralph is an unpleasant sound, doesn't have nice connotations, doesn't look nice written down, and reminds me of Harry Cross's interfering mate from Brookside. :D

I know a 5 yr old Ralph. Really cool name.

I have a 13 month old Ralph. It suits him and people generally love his name when they meet him. He gets called Ralphie a lot (by us & others) which is cute for now. I'm a few years too young for the book reference, never watched the Simpsons and do not live in a part of the country where it means vomit, or anything else as far as I'm aware. It's a nice, normal, not overused boys name as far as I'm concerned

I've fallen in love with rafe but DH has deemed it pretentious. Though considering we have a Fox and an Atticus I would have thought that ship had sailed

Rafe over ralph and Rory over Casper

Awful name. Please pick something else.

Love Ralph. Cool, classic and vintage all at once. Also love the baby name Ralphie. I don't think of it as pretentious at all, more in line with cool old-guy names like Stan and Fred. (While I remember 'Forever' I wouldn't at all make that connection on meeting someone called Ralph, I honestly don't think other people would either, in real life). Definitely go for it!

I love the name Ralph! I hope that it doesn't catch on too much, as I'd like to use it myself.

Another lover here; might use it myself! It's definitely on the list with Rory and Ruaridh. I've known one Ralph and have a massive "in a different life we might have been together" kind of crush on him - he's such a good guy!

I also think the Rafe pronunciation is a bit "yah" (I.e. pretentious).

I know 2 little Ralph's. I think it's s fab name.

I love the name pronounced Rafe, reminds me of that Nigel Havers series The Charmer

I really like Ralph! I'm 37+4 and was considering it but DH doesn't like it

I much prefer Raphael or Ray

Ralph does make me think of puking.

I'm considering Ralph (prob spelt Ralf as that's the usual way in my adopted country) if this baby is a boy.

Love love love.

I know a great 12 year called Ralph. Such a lovely, chilled kid.

I think it's cute for a child but also cool and strong for an adult. Quirky but distinguished. And not too many of them around.

Also Ralph in Lord of the Flies is a great character.

Ralph always strikes me as a "joke" name for some reason.

Dp says no to Ralph. He, like other posters, said it sounds like the noise you make when you're being sick. I honestly never ever would have thought that. OP, I still think it's great!

Its my dd's dads name, after 15 years of knowing him his names neither here nor there for me, I dont particularly like it but it doesnt annoy me. Mind you, it was a strange name as a teenager