The Art of Literary Nomenclature

ORIGIN:
From Old Norse by way of Anglo-Saxon, meaning “wolf counsel”.

VARIATIONS and NICKNAMES:
Radulf, Rafe, Ralf, Ralphie, Ralphy, Raoul, Raul, etc.

REFERENCES IN LITERATURE:
– Ralph Plantagenet Mango, a little boy whose bout with the measles received far less attention from the local doctor than little Georgy Osborne’s case, a testament to the popularity of their respective mothers, in Vanity Fair, by William Makepeace Thackeray (published in 1847-48, but set in the 1810s-20s).

AUTHORS:
– Ralph Ellison (1914-1994), American writer and critic.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement.

Tagged: 1800s, 1810s, 1820s, 1840s, 1910s, Danish, English, German, Norwegian, R, Swedish

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  August 30, 2015 at 9:22 am

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