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Ralph

One spelling. All preserved contexts.
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Script: Latin
Compound status: Unknown
In this record: Relationships: 6 · observations: 14

Candidate data 1.0.0. Unknown values have not been filled with guesses.

Language information

Dictionary information and other contexts are kept separate. A statistical territory does not establish the language of a name; a classification does not determine a person's gender.

Dictionary contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
English	Male	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: English. Source category: Male. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "attribution_id": "attr:d6f29d04-8af3-5d4f-99bb-d19072cba0a9", "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:35e34f1b-5ead-5d59-9ef1-55f166ed20be", "country": null, "definition_qualifications": [], "evidence_id": "ev:88d9a8cd-23b8-58c9-8145-97b511af0d6d", "form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "gender": "male", "language": "en", "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section", "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0", "release_ready": false, "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim", "text": "Ralph", "value_basis": "source_reported" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Language

Gender in source

Basis

Evidence

English

Male

Usage evidence

Evidence

Language: English. Source category: Male. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person.

Open source and technical details →

Technical details and JSON

Original claim

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    "gender": "male",
    "language": "en",
    "language_claim_scope": "dictionary_section",
    "license": "CC-BY-SA-4.0",
    "release_ready": false,
    "rights_status": "cleared_for_exported_claim",
    "text": "Ralph",
    "value_basis": "source_reported"
}

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Other contexts

Language	Gender in source	Basis	Evidence
Not specified	Male	Source classification	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Source classification. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "source_classification", "context_id": "ctx:36b862d4-7081-56cc-b177-76fd13ef659e", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:e3c642ec-c588-519e-80a4-dca7634c139d", "form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Dutch	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: Dutch. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:7946b6ea-1bf9-5a58-be3d-8f58832923ca", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:c55b402f-ccf5-5f84-8518-4b9a27269a63", "form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "gender": "unknown", "language": "nl" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
German	Not specified	Usage evidence	Evidence Language: German. Source category: Not specified. Basis: Usage evidence. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "usage_evidence", "context_id": "ctx:9ba903c7-029c-5d67-a358-a1edc40466a2", "country": null, "evidence_id": "ev:e8b96ece-3c4e-5ef8-a037-ed9b8d432b98", "form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "gender": "unknown", "language": "de" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Not specified	Male	Birth statistics	Evidence Language: Not specified. Source category: Male. Basis: Birth statistics. This is a source claim, not a statement about a particular person. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "basis": "official_birth_statistics", "context_id": "ctx:c9177148-6401-5959-8ab0-c2a36e208702", "country": "DE", "evidence_id": "ev:9e5d6687-acdd-54c1-8eaa-fdc31f505589", "form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "gender": "male", "language": null } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Related spellings

Every relationship has a direction and type. Source-reported equivalence does not imply universal interchangeability.

Relationships: 6

From	To	Type	Evidence
Ralph	Ralf	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:20da9c45-0dbd-51ca-bb5c-c948b5d42125", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:6533e2c0-e168-53f7-996e-e104a6c2bb33", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:53539b1e-ee98-5b67-8d0f-b95a561446cc" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Ralph	Raoul	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:9c108af8-028b-54d7-be04-b037c9c183f4", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:4808c7c6-585f-5e8b-a587-267c1c938a05", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:e9866955-7458-5482-8ef9-5c97e2669f23" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Ralph	Raúl	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:485cdc4d-a1fe-5697-9b7a-599a9dbab097", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:7033051d-f79c-54db-a26f-742755a01156", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:74bd2077-c212-5ab4-a779-8246edd2c699" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Ralph	Raül	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:50d350cf-250a-522c-afae-0a1e78c65656", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:e0bd8ddb-5d78-5855-8f1c-63104d7898ec", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:d3d7b4b6-0af0-581b-846f-f2c963370117" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Ralph	Rauli	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:855e992d-d443-525f-bb51-aaceb875098b", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:952cafa2-5592-5056-afb6-b19c85ae2918", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:4b028836-c4b9-55e2-833c-d8334cf330be" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →
Ralph	Ralfs	Source-reported equivalence	Evidence The source reports a relationship of type «Source-reported equivalence». The direction is shown in the table row. Open source and technical details → Technical details and JSON Original claim { "evidence_id": "ev:445bb76f-52f2-563c-a879-e5ba72893072", "from_form_id": "frm:1477faa5-bc57-5d8c-b53b-fb6c16cd8580", "language": null, "link_id": "lnk:8ee3bcdf-452b-537e-bc6f-d64195ec72c1", "position": null, "relation": "source_equivalence", "scheme": null, "to_form_id": "frm:53d64c91-6d52-5161-9e60-08b7985cfce0" } All claims and sources — go to this entry →

Usage in statistics

Series differ in coverage and counting units. Values cannot be added together to measure global popularity.

SeriesObservations shown: 14

Territory	Year	Category	Name position	Count
United States	2025	Male	Not available	211
Germany	2023	Male	Not available	2
England and Wales	2025	Male	Not available	541
Cologne	2022	Male	2	1
Cologne	2010	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2011	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2012	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2014	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2015	Male	Not available	2
Cologne	2016	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2018	Male	Not available	1
Cologne	2020	Male	2	1
Cologne	2021	Male	2	1

An unspecified position is not treated as first position. Full counting units, methods and qualifications are preserved in the original data.

Observation technical details

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Source classification

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Usage context: Dutch · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: German · Not specified · Usage evidence

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Usage context: Not specified · Male · Birth statistics; Statistics: Cologne · 2022 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Dictionary context: English · Male · Usage evidence

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Provenance of the record «Ralph»

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Relationship «Ralph → Ralf»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Ralph → Raoul»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Ralph → Raúl»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Ralph → Raül»: Source-reported equivalence

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Relationship «Ralph → Ralfs»: Source-reported equivalence

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Statistics: Cologne · 2010 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2011 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2012 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2014 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2015 · Male · count: 2 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2016 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2018 · Male · count: 1 · name position: not specified

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Statistics: Cologne · 2020 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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Statistics: Cologne · 2021 · Male · count: 1 · name position: 2

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