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Ripley

Ripley

23 5.8
A family name and sometimes a first name
  • proper noun
translation icon : Ripley
  • The journalist Will Ripley reported live from North Korea last night.
  • Mr. Ripley
  • Ms. Ripley
  • Ripley says

Examples

  • Mr. Eils accepted the award and gave particular acknowledgment to Herb Ripley, his boss at his first job in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Most summer people come for the beaches and Victorian ambiance, but Ms. Ripley seemed to have come seeking seclusion.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • - What Were You Doing With Tom Ripley?

    Ripley's Game (2002)

  • Ripley and Clemens Ripley, you never told me.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • We have Ripley's report on disk.

    Aliens (1986)

  • By the time I'm back in Ripley Towers, I decide to visit my father and stepmother.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The Gulf station was leased to Wayne (Rapid) Ripley by the family corporation.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Margaret Ripley Wolfe and I shared a session on Southern liberalism and feminism.

    Academic text (1993)

  • You would never guess that Will Ripley is actually a renowned reporter.

  • In the documentary, they interviewed a man named Ripley who had fascinating stories to share.

Surface Forms

Ripley main

Etymology

Ripley is a family name from old English place names. It comes from rip- (a small stream or strip of land) and -ley (a 'clearing' or 'wood'), so it originally meant a 'clearing by a stream' and became a last name for people from that place.