Riphath ("ree-fath") - "a crusher", Gomer's second son (Gen. 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6), supposed by Josephus to have been the ancestor of the Paphlagonia. Pliny calls Riphath "Riphaci", and mentions a group of mountains named after him, the Riphaean range. Melo calls him "Riphaces", and Solinus "Piphlataci".
Some Irish traditions say Riphath is the ancestor of the Celts. It is also thought that Riphath may have lived among his brother. His last name would be Redpath, Ridpath or Reidpath, or an alternate spelling would be Diphath (In Hebrew, Ds and Rs are often confused with each other because of orthographic similarity).
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