Ripka Family History
Ripka Name Meaning
Slovak and Czech: from a variant of rybka a diminutive of ryba Slovak archaic riba ‘fish’ (see Ryba ). German: partly Germanized form of Polish Czech and Slovak Rybka a diminutive of ryba ‘fish’ (compare above). Ukrainian: nickname from a diminutive of ripa ‘turnip’. Compare Repka
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022