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.