English Explanatory Dictionary

Ries

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from German.

Word forms

Ries Rieses

Etymology

* As a south German and Jewish surname, from the noun Riese (“giant”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German rīs (“brushwood, twig”), from Old Saxon hrīs. * Also as a German surname, variant of Reis, Riess. * As as Welsh surname, variant of Rice.

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