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.