Origin and popularity of the name REICHEL
Origin
Reichel : 1: German: from a pet form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with the ancient Germanic element rīc ‘power’.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish female personal name Raykhl a pet form of Raykhe which in turn is derived from Yiddish raykh ‘rich’.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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