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Origin Of The Surname Ridley
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Meaning Of The Surname Ridley
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Interesting
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Ridley
Ridley is a locational surname, coming from a number of places so-called across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to a person who had moved to a new town, the name of their old residence being given to them as a surname to differentiate them. Ridley is made up of the elements ‘rydde’ and ‘leah’, the Old English meaning being ‘felled wood’. The name was given to town built where trees had had to be cut down to allow for building. Matt Ridley, the English journalist, is a famous bearer of this surname. |
Ridley Statistics
Ridley is the number 720 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 13,190 share the surname Ridley in the UK.
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