Ripp as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ripp

What is the meaning of the name Ripp ?

The baby name Ripp is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /rɪp/ (rhymes with "ship").

Ripp is English, German in Origin.

Ripp is a modern English given name with surname roots. It most commonly reflects the German family name Ripp or Rippe, from Middle High German rippe “rib,” a metonym for strength or a butcher’s trade. It also functions as a respelling of Rip, long used as a nickname or short form of the English surname Ripley. American recognition of Rip was boosted by Washington Irving’s character Rip Van Winkle (1819), set in a Dutch-American milieu where similar short forms occurred.

Used as a first name mainly in the United States since the late 20th century, Ripp fits the trend for brisk, punchy monosyllables and doubled consonants. Variants and related forms include Rip (simple form), Rippy/Rippey (surnominal), Rippe, and the unisex Ripley. Depending on the route taken, the name’s meaning ranges from “rib; support, protection” to “clearing/wood by a strip of cultivated land.”