Ripley is both a surname and a unisex given name.
| Pronunciation | /ˈripli/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Language(s) | English |
| Origin | |
| Language(s) | Old English |
| Word/name | Combination of Hrypa and lēah |
| Meaning | "woodland clearing" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Rip |
| Related names | Ridley, Shipley |
People bearing it include:
Given name
- Ripley A. Arnold (1817–1853), United States Army major
- Ripley P. Bullen (1902–1976), American archaeologist and academic
- Ripley Hitchcock (1857–1918), American editor
- Ripley Parker (born 2000), daughter of Thandiwe Newton and Oliver Parker
- Ripley Rand (born 1967), American jurist
- Ripley Rader, American fashion designer
- Ripley B. Weaver (1829–1900), American politician, raiser of stock animals and soldier
Surname
- Alexandra Ripley (1934–2004), American writer
- Alice Ripley (born 1963), American actress
- Allen Ripley (1952–2014), American baseball player
- Amanda Ripley, American journalist and author
- Andy Ripley (footballer) (born 1975), English footballer
- Andy Ripley (1947–2010), English rugby player
- Arthur Ripley (1897–1961), American screenwriter
- Brian Ripley (born 1952), British statistician
- Dorothy Ripley (1767–1832), British missionary
- Edward H. Ripley (1829–1915), American general and businessman
- Edward Payson Ripley (1845–1920), American railroad executive
- Eleazer Wheelock Ripley (1782–1839), American general and politician
- Fay Ripley (born 1966), British actress
- George Ripley (alchemist) (ca. 1415–1490), English alchemist
- George Ripley (transcendentalist) (1802–1880), American social reformer
- Gladys Ripley (1908–1955), British singer
- Heather Ripley (born 1959), actress
- Sir Henry William Ripley (1813-1882), British politician and philanthropist
- Henry A. Ripley (1842–1926), American politician
- Henry J. Ripley (1798–1875), biblical scholar
- James Wolfe Ripley (1794–1870), American general
- John Ripley (1867–1933), British soldier
- John Ripley (USMC) (1939–2008), American Marine
- Lynn Ripley (1948–2015), birth name of English singer-songwriter Twinkle
- Martha Ripley (1843–1912), American physician
- Robert Ripley (1890–1949), American entrepreneur, amateur anthropologist
- Roswell Ripley (1823–1887), American general
- Sarah Bradford Ripley (1793–1867), American scholar
- Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913–2001), American ornithologist
- Steve Ripley (1950–2019), American singer-songwriter, frontman of the country rock band The Tractors
- Stuart Ripley (born 1967), English football player
- Thomas Ripley (architect) (1686–1758), English architect
- William Z. Ripley (1867–1941), American economist and racial theorist
Stage names
- Rhea Ripley, ring name of Australian professional wrestler Demi Bennett (born 1996)
Fictional characters
- Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Ellen Ripley in the Alien film series and the protagonist of the video game Alien: Isolation
- Cyd Ripley, from Best Friends Whenever
- Ellen Ripley, the protagonist of the Alien film series
- Justin Ripley, a detective sargeant and John Luther's loyal right-hand man in the television series Luther
- The Ripley, fictional alien viruses in Stephen King's novel and film Dreamcatcher
- Tom Ripley, in The Talented Mr. Ripley and other novels and films
- Sailor Ripley, ex-con lead from the film Wild at Heart by David Lynch
- Ripley Ryan, fiction character Marvel Comics
Anthropomorphized things
- SpaceX Ripley, the instrumented mannequin aboard the first ISS space station SpaceX Crew Dragon space capsule test flight Crew Dragon Demo-1
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