Ripley

Meanings

1. A surname from Old English.
2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
4. A female given name transferred from the surname.
5. A placename.
6. A suburb of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
7. A town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada.
8. A number of places in England:
9. A town and civil parish with a town council in Amber Valley district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK3950).
10. A hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SZ1698).
11. A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2860).
12. A village and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0556).

Etymology

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