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9/23/2016, 7:11 AM Marusero
4/14/2016, 4:32 PM Marusero Just did a VERY minor and added a note.
4/8/2016, 2:44 PM Marusero
4/8/2016, 2:41 PM Marusero Just did a minor edit.
3/26/2016, 5:33 AM Marusero Just added a note
12/9/2015, 5:46 AM anonymous

Name Riegel
Type Surname (from location)
Usage German
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From Middle High German rigel "bar, crossbeam, mountain incline", hence a topographic name or a habitational name from any of numerous places named with this word in Baden, Brandenburg, and Silesia; in some instances it may have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of crossbars, locks, etc.
Added 12/9/2015 by anonymous