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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Swiss German : occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner, from Middle High German rebe ‘vine’ + -er agent suffix.
  • German and Swiss German : from a Germanic personal name, Radobert, formed with rād, rāt ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + berht ‘bright’.

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