Ridge Family History
Ridge Name Meaning
English:: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge Middle English rigge (Old English hrycg) ‘ridge’ or a habitational name from any of the minor places so named. It is synonymous with West Midlands Rudge and northern Rigg . 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 being modern Irish for ‘ridge’. Compare Attridge . sometimes perhaps a variant of Rich with voicing of the formerly medial consonant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022