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Riddel Coat of Arms and Surname Origin

A Riddel ancestor may well appear as Riddle in earlier records. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Ryedale or Riddell”.

  • Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
  • Before spelling was fixed, Riddle was also written Riddel.
  • The same family of names includes Riddell and Ridel.
  • Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Riedel.
  • The 2010 US Census counted 322 people named Riddel, ranking it number 62,189 among American surnames.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Riddel, so the heraldry linked to Riddle is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Riddel report, with a museum-style coat of arms.