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Ripley - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Ripley

[ 2 syll. ri-pley, rip-l-ey ] The boy name Ripley is pronounced as RIHPLiy KEY. Ripley is largely used in English and it is derived from Old English origins. The name Ripley means cleared strip of land. Lee (English and Chinese), Rip (English), and Ripp (English) are forms of Ripley.

Ripley is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. Within the family of boy names directly related to Ripley, Lee (English and Chinese) was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Ripley include Rafaelle (Italian), Rafal (Polish), Rafeal (Spanish), Rafel (Catalan and Spanish), Raphel (Spanish), Rafael (German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish), Rafaele (Italian), Rafaello (Italian), Raffael (German, Portuguese, and Spanish), Raffaello (Italian), Raphael (English, French, German, and Hebrew), Raphaël (French), Refael (Hebrew), Rephael (Hebrew), Rafaelo (Spanish), Raffaele (Italian), and Raffaelo (Italian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Ripley: R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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