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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from the Germanic personal name Riebold, composed of the elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + bald ‘bold’.
  • German : metonymic occupational name for a turnip grower (see Riebe 3).

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