Given name & surname · also German

Riffel

“fame”

Riffel is a surname from German, ultimately from Germanic.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Riffel goes back to a word meaning “fame.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Riffel comes from German, and ultimately from Germanic.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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“powerful leader”

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No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

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