Ridge

Where Ridge comes from

From ridge. Originating from Middle English.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ridge
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #2,326 among boys, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Ridge Munsy born
    Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer
  3. 2023
    Peak, #505
    599 babies named Ridge — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Ridge Munsy · Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer, born 1989

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.