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Ripley

  • /ˈɹɪpli/

Where it comes from

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

proper noun Ripleys

  1. countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
  2. countable, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. countable, uncountable A female given name transferred from the surname.
  4. countable, uncountable A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  5. countable, uncountable A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
  6. countable, uncountable A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).
  7. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1698).
  8. countable, uncountable A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2860).
  9. countable, uncountable A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0556).
  10. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Riverside County, California.
  11. countable, uncountable A village in Brown County, Illinois.
  12. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Indiana.
  13. countable, uncountable A small town in Somerset County, Maine.
  14. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Charles County, Maryland.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Houghton County, Michigan.
  16. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Tippah County, Mississippi.
  17. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Independence, Missouri.
  18. countable, uncountable A town, hamlet, and census-designated place in Chautauqua County, New York.
  19. countable, uncountable A village in Brown County, Ohio.
  20. countable, uncountable A small town in Payne County, Oklahoma.
  21. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Lauderdale County, Tennessee.
  22. countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia.
  23. countable, uncountable A number of townships in the United States, listed under Ripley Township.
  24. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Ripley County

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: gorman, babe, hand, rippee, rippey, ripper, ripp, rippin, rippel, rippy, rippon, riddley, ridgley, ripton, ripplinger, rippetoe

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MLA

"Ripley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ripley. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Ripley. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ripley

Chicago

"Ripley." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ripley.

BibTeX
@misc{ripley_2026,
  title = {Ripley},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ripley},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}