Släkthistoria för Riegel
Riegel Vad efternamn betyder
German:: from Middle High German rigel ‘bar crossbeam mountain incline’ hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbars locks etc. or a topographic name for someone who lived near and was in charge of the village gate which separated the settlement from the adjacent fields. Compare Rigel. habitational name from any of numerous places in Baden Brandenburg and Silesia named Riegel (see 2 below).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
