Family name origins & meanings
- German : humanistic name, an altered form of Rivenich, a habitational name from a village of this name.
- Johann Gregorius Rivinius (born 1657 in Trier, Germany) changed his name from Rivenich to Rivinius. In the early 19th century a branch of the family became established in Russia, and in 1900 a group of their descendants came to North America and settled in South Dakota.