Family name origins & meanings
- Perhaps a metathesized spelling of German Rehm : nickname for a brawny man, from Middle High German rem ‘pillar’, ‘post’, ‘frame’, a topographic name from the same word, or a habitational name from places named Rehm, Rehme, or Rehmen.
- Perhaps a metathesized spelling of German Rehm : metonymic occupational name for a strap maker, from Middle Low German reme ‘strap’.