Updated June 9, 2019 Share: Boy name origins & meanings English : From the ridge Boy name variations Ridge Ridge + 10% this year Masculine Rare Find out more Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Ridge 1.German : from a short form of any of several Germanic personal names based on rīc ‘power(ful)’.Possibly a variant of the Swiss family name Rüegg (see Ruegg).