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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German : from the personal name Rikher, composed of the elements rīc ‘power(ful)’ + heri ‘army’ or her ‘master’, ‘lord’.
  • Eastern German : variant of Rieke 2.

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