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'''Ripley'''. English. Pronounced "RIP-lee." A neutral name, from a surname, from the name of several towns in England. Meaning "Strip of land meadow" in Old English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/ripley</ref><ref name="20knames4" /> Keywords: earth, two syllables | '''Ripley'''. English. Pronounced "RIP-lee." A neutral name, from a surname, from the name of several towns in England. Meaning "Strip of land meadow" in Old English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/ripley</ref><ref name="20knames4" /> Keywords: earth, two syllables | ||
'''River'''. English. This became a neutral given name in the UK and US starting in the 1990s. Meaning "A natural stream of water" in English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/river</ref> US SSA data shows about 1314 people have had this name, used as a masculine name 72% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RE/REDELL/index.html</ref> Keywords: English word name, nature, two syllables, water | '''River'''. English. This became a neutral given name in the UK and US starting in the 1990s. Meaning "A natural stream of water" in English.<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/river</ref> US SSA data shows about 1314 people have had this name, used as a masculine name 72% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RE/REDELL/index.html</ref> Keywords: English word name, nature, two syllables, water. [[Notable nonbinary people]] with this name include [[River Gallo]] and [[River Butcher]]. | ||
'''Robin'''. English. Meaning "the red-breasted songbird" in English. Or a diminutive of the masculine name Robert, meaning "fame."<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/robin</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/robyn</ref><ref name="20knames4" /> US SSA data shows about 389,447 people have been named Robin, used as a feminine name 88% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBIN/index.html</ref> About 64,992 people have had the variant '''Robyn''', used as a feminine name 98% of the time, so this variant is more strictly feminine.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBYN/index.html</ref> About 12,463 people have had the variant '''Robbin''', used as a feminine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBBIN/index.html</ref> Keywords: air, animals, birds, English word names, nature, two syllables. [[Nonbinary characters in fiction]] with this name include Robin in the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess''.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance}}</ref> | '''Robin'''. English. Meaning "the red-breasted songbird" in English. Or a diminutive of the masculine name Robert, meaning "fame."<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/robin</ref><ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/robyn</ref><ref name="20knames4" /> US SSA data shows about 389,447 people have been named Robin, used as a feminine name 88% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBIN/index.html</ref> About 64,992 people have had the variant '''Robyn''', used as a feminine name 98% of the time, so this variant is more strictly feminine.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBYN/index.html</ref> About 12,463 people have had the variant '''Robbin''', used as a feminine name 84% of the time.<ref>https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/R/RO/ROBBIN/index.html</ref> Keywords: air, animals, birds, English word names, nature, two syllables. [[Nonbinary characters in fiction]] with this name include Robin in the romance novel ''Unmasked by the Marquess''.<ref name="Unmasked">{{Cite web |title=Behind the Book - Unmasked by the Marquess by Cat Sebastian |author=Sebastian, Cat |work=BookPage.com |date=17 April 2018 |access-date=15 September 2020 |url= https://bookpage.com/behind-the-book/22620-twist-trope-break-binary-find-true-love-romance}}</ref> | ||