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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : of uncertain origin. Either a distinguishing name of a person named Rein (see Rein) living at a high location, from Middle High German hōhe ‘high’, or from a topographic name, which is more likely, denoting a high berm or embankment, from Middle Low German rein ‘edge of a field’, ‘border’, ‘berm’.

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