Ripka

• As a Slovak and Czech surname, from a diminutive of ryba (“fish”), see Ryba.
• As a German surname, Germanized from the above, sometimes via Polish.
• As a Ukrainian surname, from a diminutive of ріпа (ripa, “turnip”), compare Repka.

Ripka (plural Ripkas)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ripka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

• IPA^(key): [ˈripka]

Ripka m pers (female equivalent Ripková)

1. a male surname

• “Ripka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025