Given name & surname · also German
Ripp
“powerful”·“bright, famous”
Ripp is a surname with more than one origin.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a German and Dutch surname, Ripp is built from elements meaning “powerful” and “bright, famous”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Ripp has more than one origin: as a German and Dutch surname, it comes from German; as an English surname, it comes from Middle English rippe.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ripp through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 598
- 598 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 134 babies
- 2025
- 51
- #2,595 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +224%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 51 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,595 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,789 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ripp’s family of names
In English usage, Ripp as a surname has a related form in RIPPER.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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