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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Finnish : probably from a vernacular form of the personal name Remigius (see Remy). Found chiefly in eastern Finland.
  • Greek, Dutch, and German : variant of Remis 1 and 2.
  • Jewish (from Belarus) : habitational name for someone from Remezy, in Belarus.

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