Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
RIGMAIDEN
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The Rigmaiden surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
RIGMAIDEN. Two gentry families, settled respectively in cos. Lincoln and Lancaster, bore this remarkable name, which at the commencement of the present century was still extant. I can give no better etymology for the name than that I have already assigned in Eng. Surn. ; viz., " a romping girl." For the curious seal of George Biiqmcajdcn, with a rebus, see Gent. Mag. 183.3," 1. 305.