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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Knight

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name from Old High German ritta ‘reeds’ or a habitational name from a place so named near Kassel.
  • German : variant of Ried 2.
  • German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on rīd ‘ride’.

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