Given name & surname
Ridgley
“one who lives at the meadow'sridge”
Ridgley is a variant of Ridgeley. One English interpretation is “one who lives at the meadow'sridge.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ridgley is a variant of Ridgeley. One English interpretation is “one who lives at the meadow'sridge.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ridgley is a variant of Ridgeley. An origin associated with Ridgeley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ridgley through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32
- 22 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 128 as a first name in 2020; 1,866 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ridgley’s family of names
Ridgley has a related form in Ridgeley.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Ridgley, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Ridgely
“one who lives at the meadow'sridge”
65% boys · 35% girls
Rio
“woman of the river” · “from the river”
79% boys · 21% girls
Rowen
“of the red-berry tree”
77% boys · 23% girls
Ridglea
“one who lives at the meadow'sridge”
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Kai
Kai is used in several naming traditions, with different explanations for the same spelling.
93% boys · 7% girls
Rizly
“from the brushwood meadow”
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Rizlea
“from the brushwood meadow”
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Ridgeli
“one who lives at the meadow'sridge”
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