What Does The Name Ripley Mean?

The word 'Ripley' can be used for a girl's name and also for a boy and the meaning that can be figured out from the use of the word is 'shouting man's meadow'. Every scholar agree that the word has its origin in the Old English but there is some contradiction about the meaning of the word; some people figure out another meaning from the use of the word and they say that that it conveys the idea of 'strip clearing'.

As a first name the word is not very popular and seldom people use it as such but as a surname its popularity is at par with some of the most popular surnames in the world. You can also find some variants of the name and among them two are the most popular; they are Ripleigh and Riply.