How to write “Ralph” in Korean
랠프 rael-peu
What Korean friends call you
- 랠프야 rael-peu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 랠프 씨 rael-peu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Ralph
- 랠프 101 (79%)
- 랄프 27 (21%)
Korean labels of 128 people named Ralph on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Ralph, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Ralph Waldo Emerson — 랠프 월도 에머슨
- Ralph Bunche — 랠프 번치
- Ralph Steinman — 랠프 슈타인만
- Ralph Lauren — 랠프 로런
67,656 babies were named Ralph in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 656th most common name.
Block by block
- 랠 = ㄹ + ㅐ + ㄹ · 9 strokes
- 프 = ㅍ + ㅡ · 5 strokes
Also in 프: Jeffrey 제프리 · Preston 프레스턴 · April 에이프릴
랠프 takes 14 strokes in all.
More names: Francis 프랜시스 · Mckenzie 매켄지 · Dorothy 도로시 · Carly 칼리 · Israel 이스라엘
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