Last names linked to RIF
Origin
Reef : 1: North German: either a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of rope from Middle Low German reep ‘rope’ or a nickname for a feeble or very thin person from Middle Low German ref rif ‘body skeleton’. This surname is very rare in Germany.2: English: variant of Reeve.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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