Ridsdale

English

Etymology

From Rede (“a river in Northumberland”) -s- Old English dæl (“valley, dale”).

Proper noun

Ridsdale (countable and uncountable, plural Ridsdales)

1. A hamlet in Corsenside parish, Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ9084).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Ridsdalea

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ridsdale is the 141140^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 118 individuals. Ridsdale is most common among White (97.46%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ridsdale”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.