Ripley

RIP-LEE

English

"strip of clearing in the woods"

Ripley Origin and Meaning

The name Ripley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "strip of clearing in the woods".

With its surname-style, literary feel, and similarity in sound to Finley, Juniper, Pippa, Riley, and Presley, Ripley is an unexpected choice that was given to more than 200 girls in each recent year. First used back in the 80s, thanks to the powerful character played by Sigourney Weaver in the Alien films, it began to be used more substantially in the 2000s, after it was chosen by actress Thandiwe Newton for her daughter.

Deriving from the Old English rippel and leah meaning "grove" and "clearing" respectively, some might recognise it from The Talented Mr Ripley series by Patricia Highsmith.

Ripley Popularity

• 1190 Nameberry 2024
• 174 Unique 2023
• 174 Unisex 2023
• 720 Future 2028

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Famous People Named Ripley

• Ripley Sobo American actress
• Ripley Parker (b. 2000) daughter of actress Thandie Newton and Ol Parker
• Ripley Robinson (b. 2009) daughter of Muppeteer Martin P. Robinson; twin of sister Lyra
• Ripley Bee Jones (b. 2010), daughter of TV hosts/comedians Jason Jones and Samantha Bee
• Ripley Dorothy Lawley Schmidt (b. 2015), daughter of model Robyn Lawley & Everest Schmidt

Ripley in Pop Culture

• Ripley a circus lion from "The Hollows" by Amanda Hocking
• Ellen Ripley known as Ripley, character from the Alien franchise
• Amanda Ripley Ellen Ripley’s daughter and protagonist of the video game Alien: Isolation
• Ripley character from "Chadam" the miniseries
• Ripley Chilean retail store
• Ripley a character from the "Lumberjanes" comic series by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, and Shannon Watters