Last name: RIDDELL
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RIDDELL : This last name is indexed 47,802 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
RIDDELL : Scottish and northern English: variant of Riddle. A family of the name Riddell has been established in Whitton in Roxburghshire since the mid 12th century when Walter de Riddel from Rydale (North Yorkshire) settled in Scotland after accompanying King David. Another unrelated family of this name have been established in Northumberland since at least the 14th century with William de Ridell having been sheriff of the county in 1314.
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