The story
- Old French · derived fromridel“small hill”
- English todayRiddell
Scottish and English surname from the Norman personal name Ridel, of uncertain origin; possibly of Germanic origin, from the root of ride, or from Old French ridel (“small hill”), a diminutive of ride (“fold”), itself from Germanic.
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchridel all →
riddlerideau
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.