Ridley

English

"cleared wood"

Ridley Origin and Meaning

The name Ridley is a girl's name of English origin meaning "cleared wood".

Can one prominent character affect the gender identity of a name? Definitely, as has supernatural bad girl Ridley Duchannes of the Beautiful Creatures series-turned-movie, played by the gorgeous Emmy Rossum. Before Duchannes, director Ridley Scott all but owned this unusual surname and so gave it a male spin, but it feels girl-appropriate too. And the trendy -ley ending, as in Hadley and Ashley, helps.

Ridley Popularity

• 1881 Nameberry 2020
• 917 Unique 2022
• 302 Unisex 2022

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Famous People Named Ridley

• Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 1879), hymnist and composer
• Daisy Ridley English actress
• Ridley Belle Baxter (b. 2007) daughter of actress Victoria Smurfit and Douglas Baxter

Ridley in Pop Culture

• Ridley Duchannes a main character in the Caster Chronicles
• Ridley Silverlake a main character in the computer game Radiata Stories