Rips
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Wohl zu mnd. ribbe 'Rippe' oder mnd
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ɹɪps/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Rips is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States≈1 in 1.8M(inferred from the name graph)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 41K
- ILIsrael≈1 in 233K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 103 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 41K (inferred from the name graph)
≈310 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Wohl zu mnd. ribbe 'Rippe' oder mnd. ripe 'reif'; 142 Träger.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Rips counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 261K | listed | Rips | 48 |
| US United States | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | 110 | Rips | 103 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈42 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Rips | 3 |
| IL Israel | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 233K | — | Rips | 4 |
| EE Estonia | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 41K | 26 | Rips | 3 |
| PY Paraguay | ≈25 est. | ≈1 in 293K | — | Rips | 1 |
| BE Belgium | 2 | 1 in 5.9M | 2 | Rips | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-6 register; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Rips is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Aus Rufnamen mit ahd. rīhhi / altsächs. rīki + b-initialem Zweitglied (z. B. -bald, -bod, -burg); Kurzform zu einem Rufnamen vom Typ Rik-; 142 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Norwegian Nynorsk, redcurrant, also whitecurrant, a small bush of genus Ribes, and its berries.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wym, rapeseed (Brassica napus)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vep, eyelash
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, RIPS, ripsuri, s. n. Țesătură de bumbac sau de mătase, cu dungi paralele și înguste, în relief, folosită pentru tapisarea mobilelor și pentru confecționarea unor obiecte de îmbrăcăminte.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eliyahu Ripsb. 1948ILIsraeli-Latvian mathematician (1948-2024)
- Lance J. Ripsb. 1948USAmerican psychologist
- Franz-Georg Ripsb. 1949DEGerman journalist and politician (SPD)
- Piret Rips-Laulb. 1965EEEstonian composer (born 1965)
- Esko Ripsb. 1981EEEstonian film producer (born 1981)
- Nicolaia Ripsb. 1998USAmerican author (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 8 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 110 | #139,757 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 26 | #4,247 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 22 | #4,922 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 2 | #146,363 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 6 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Rips?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɪps/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Rips mean?
- Recorded meaning: Wohl zu mnd. ribbe 'Rippe' oder mnd.
- In which country does Rips have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 307 people named Rips in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled rips.
- How common is the name Rips?
- In Belgium, the national register counted 2 people named Rips in 2008, about 1 in 5.9 million residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rips”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.