Reeves.
A surname originating as an occupation.
Meaning & usage
A surname originating as an occupation.
A place name: An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States.
A place name: A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.
A place name: A townland in County Kildare, Ireland.
Where this word comes from
* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s. * Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).
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