Has anyone named their baby boy Ripley?

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We are looking for feedback from anyone that has named their boy Ripley and/or anyone who knows a Ripley and how it is received.

I know a female Ripleigh, named after the Alien character.

As with all names, once it is attached to a real person, you accept it.

ooh, i like it. "Rip." very cute.

My ds got invited to a Ripley's 3rd birthday a couple of years ago. Never met him though.

I think people could find it hard to take him seriously. Nice as a nickname, but I can't imagine a barrister called Ripley.

Polite answer - no

Truth - it is a castle, isn't it? Or are you hoping he is talented???

I live near Ripley in Derbyshire... it is not a place to be named after. It is a place to drive through very quickly, preferably without making eye contact with anyone.

Ripleigh is hilarious!!!

Ripley is a very traditional English name. I know of a QC (Queen's Council) with that name so I don't think it would stop him from being a barrister. In fact, old english names are well suited for people who practise law.

While there is a trend in the States to give girls traditional english boy names i.e Aubrey, Avery, Rory, Riley, Finley etc I don't think this is necessarily true for a lot of the Commonwealth nations. Or at the very least, they are recognised as being traditionally masculine names.

My son is named Ripley and the main comments we've recieve from people are 'that's traditional', 'that's very English', 'that's different' and 'like the main character in Alien?'
No one has ever mentioned Ripley's Believe it or Not despite there being one nearby.
Everyone seems to adjust to his name quite quickly. My friend's daughter Nikita gets more repeat comments (usually about how it is a russian boys name) about her name than my son does.

When he isn't being called Ripley we call him Rip.

Also, it might help to know that the main character in the Alien series is called Ellen Ripley - Ripley is her surname.

I rather like it for a girl. But would never have it, as i'm a dog groomer and know a few dogs called Ripley. But i think its rather pretty. I wouldn't associate it with a boy however.

I don't know anyone called that and would never have thought of it as an English name.

And the benefit of asking on here is that you get an honest reaction. Most (polite) people in RL won't tell you what they really think of a name if you say you're considering it.

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I'm pretty sure our vet had this name, well he shortened it to Rip. It's actually one we considered because we like the short names such as Rip, Pip and Kit.