today I heard an old friend has called his daughter...

[nula]

Ripley.

Yes, Ripley.

Now that's just ridiculous is it not?

Believe it or not?

Fay?

I Think there is a village in surrey called Ripley ??

there is a place called ripley in surrey, yes

Sure it wasn't rippley?

Does she have raspberry stripes?

So what? You sound jealous.

Somebody famous did this. Was it Helena Bonham Carter, Victoria Smurfit?

It isn't pretty, but I've heard worse. THat northern lass from cold feet, what was her name, either character or real life.......? She called her dd 'Parker'.

Wow. Yes Fay Ripley. I thought I didn't remember her name but I thought of her anyway

Er, ahem, maybe OP & I have a mutual acquaintence, I know a girl called Ripley who is about 10yo.
I think it's a 'cool' name, tbh, though I personally don't think I would name a DC after a movie character, it's much better than plenty of other names I've heard....

I've heard worse, Ripley may be a bit dumb in origin but at least it sounds ok. There are loads of middle-class American girls with masculine-sounding surnames as first names, it's no worse than Reese.

I sometimes think that people should refrain from naming babies until they are 3-6 months old.

Just to let the euphoria and madness of the whole arrival simmer down and until they are thinking normally again.

I stay pretty much off the baby name theads, but often think that to myself.

There is a town in Derbyshire called Ripley and you wouldn't want to be named after it.

He wasn't just the Talented Mr Ripley, he was the Mysterious Yearning Secretive Sad Lonely Troubled Confused Loving Musical Gifted Intelligent Beautiful Tender Sensitive Haunted Passionate Talented Mr. Ripley