The ridge Surname
ridge Name Meaning and History
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge,
Middle English rigge, or a habitational name from any of the
places named with this word, as for example Ridge in
Hertfordshire. The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County
Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The
name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire is
modern Irish for ‘ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 188 - Messages: 598
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William RIDGE of Bucks County PA and OH early 1800's | Debi Ridge Buis | 4 |
| Annie Ridge Brown | Jessie Bowlsby | 19 |
| Drew Ridge Family of Sussex, Kent and Surrey, UK |
 iallen56
| 8 |
| John Ridge & Catherine Borden of Blount Co., TN. |
TNSuzie
| 0 |
| Major Ridge | jridge | 23 |
| Thomas Ridge |
Jackiemarty1
| 1 |
| RIDGE Etta COOK 1900-1966 |
| 0 |
| RIDGE Jim J 1893-1957 |
| 0 |
| Ridge Family Wives | jeff | 5 |
| William A. Ridge |
krsjm
| 1 |
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