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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • South German : in Switzerland, an occupational name for a fisherman or maker of fish traps, from an agent derivative of Middle High German riuse ‘fish trap’, ‘weir basket’.
  • South German : nickname from an agent noun based on Middle High German riusen ‘to moan or complain’.
  • South German : occupational name for a castrator of farm animals, a derivative of reussen ‘to castrate’.

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