Comments for the name Ripley

In the Alien Quadrilogy, Sigourney Weaver's character was called Ripley.

In the Alien Quadrilogy, Sigourney Weaver's character was called Ellen Ripley, Ripley being her surname.

There's a town in Maine called Ripley. Also, a woman named Alexandra Ripley wrote a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. It's called Scarlett.

There's also "Ripley's Believe it or Not."

This is also the name of actress Thandie Newton's elder daughter.

This is one of my best friend's names! He likes his name very much.

I absolutely LOVE this name for a boy!

This is a really cool, cute little name. For a girl I like "Ripley Thayer".

A famous bearer is Robert Ripley who invented "Ripley's Beleive it or Not!"

I find this name annoying for some reason. Maybe it reminds me of Kipling or some other annoying name. It sounds a bit pretentious somehow. I absolutely loathe the name on females. It sounds too boyish for any self-respecting grown woman. And pretty it also isn't.

Can also be feminine.

This is the name of one of the main female characters in Nora Roberts' Three Sisters trilogy. It's unique and I do think it suits a girl just fine too.

There is also a small town in Tennessee called Ripley.

There used to be a TV show on CITV called 'Ripley & Scuff'. Naturally, Ripley was one of the characters.