The riddell Surname
riddell Name Meaning and History
Scottish and northern English: from a Norman personal name,
Ridel. Reaney explains this as a nickname from Old French
ridel ‘small hill’ (a diminutive of ride ‘fold’, of
Germanic origin), but a more probable source is a Germanic personal
name derived from the element rid ‘ride’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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