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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a habitational name for someone from a place called Reisen (for example in Bavaria), Reissen in Thuringia, or Reussen on the Saale river.
  • German : variant of Reiser 2.
  • German : from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German rīse ‘veil’; perhaps an occupational name for someone who made veils.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : nickname for a traveler, from an agent derivative of German reisen ‘to travel’ (see Reise 2).
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Reis 4 + the agent suffix -ner.

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