Rip

Where Rip comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rip.

  • Dutch
Rip through the years
  1. 1938
    First appearance
    #3,534 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2021
    Peak, #1,565
    111 babies named Rip, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Dutch.
  • A diminutive of the male given name Ripley.
Namesakes

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