Kerridge Family History
Kerridge Name Meaning
English (mainly East Anglia):: from the Middle English personal name Kenrich (Old English Cynerīc formed from cyne- (combining form of cynn) ‘kin family’ + rīc ‘ruler’) with -nr- assimilated to -rr-. The surname might also have been refashioned as Courage . occasionally a habitational name from Kerridge Copse in Washfield Devon (derived from an uncertain initial element + Old English hrycg ‘ridge’) or from Kerridge in Bollington by Macclesfield Cheshire (derived from Old English cǣg ‘stone boulder’ + hrycg ‘ridge’).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022