Ridder Family History
Ridder Name Meaning
North German: variant of Ritter ‘knight mounted warrior’ a cognate of 2 below. Dutch: from Middle Dutch riddere ‘knight rider horseman’ a status name for a mounted warrior or messenger or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of a knight. Compare De Ridder .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022