Släkthistoria för Ridger
Ridger Vad efternamn betyder
from Middle English rig(g)e regge (in Kent) ‘ridge’ + -er signifying someone who lived on or by a ridge or at a place called Ridge with post-medieval excrescent -s. See also Ridge and Ridgman. Such topographical names in -er are principally found in the southern counties especially Surrey Sussex and Hants.variant of Richer with voicing of the medial consonant. apparently a variant of Rudyard.
Källa: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021
