English Explanatory Dictionary

Ripka

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Ripka Ripkas

Etymology

* As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba. * As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish. * As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.

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