Meaning

origin* As a German and Dutch surname, shortened from the personal name Rippert, composed of the old Germanic elements *rīkī (“powerful”) + *berht (“bright, famous”). * As an English surname, from Middle English rippe (“bank of a river”), from Old English ripp, probably from or related to Proto-West Germanic *ribi (“rib, ridge, reef”).

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