Americanized spelling of German Riegelmann, (see Riegel), a topographic name for a farmer owning a long strip of land or for someone who lived near a watershed or a mountain blocking a valley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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