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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Irish : Prosperous
  • Old English : Wolf; wise counsel
  • Hebrew : Healed by God

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for a tall thin man, from Middle High German rave ‘lath’.
  • German : from a personal name, Raffo, as yet unexplained.
  • English : variant of Ralph.

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