Ribas Family History
Ribas Name Meaning
Catalan: Castilianized form of Ribes a habitational name from any of the places called with Catalan ribes plural of riba ‘bank’ (see Riba ). Spanish and Galician: habitational name from any of the places called with the plural of riba ‘bank’ (see Riba ). Compare Rivas . Slovenian (Ribaš): occupational name for a fisherman from a dialect derivative of riba ‘fish’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022