A surname which originally came from an English place name, meaning "strip clearing". ... The heroine in the Alien saga is actually named Ellen Ripley, but she is mostly called by her last name in the movies.
The name Rivers is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name Rivers is: King Henry the Sixth, Part III' Lord Rivers, brother to Lady Grey. 'King Richard III' Earl Rivers, brother to King Edward's Queen.
Riz, Rizzy. Meanings and history of the name Rizpah: | Edit. From Hebrew, meaning "coal" or hot stone. The Biblical Rizpah been cited as the epitome of the devoted mother. In the Book of Samuel, Rizpah was one of Saul's concubines, the mother of Armoni and Mephibosheth.
