Where did the name Reiss originate from?

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Where did the name Reiss originate from?

What country or how did the name Reiss originate from?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: According to ancestry.com it's a German name.
Reiss
German: variant of Reis 1.
German: from any of several Germanic personal names composed with ric ‘power(ful)’.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Reis.
German: from a French Huguenot name Ris, rendered as Reis, Reiss.

Place of
Origin Reiss Immigrants
Germany 427
Baden 77
Preussen 52
France 48
Austria 37
Bavaria 37

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Hope this helps. Reese Surname Origin
Cornish British Pushing, violent; a strong or powerful man. Riese, in German, signifies a giant.
Welsh, Rhys, a rushing.
Rees, a town of Germany, on the Rhine.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import; Arthur, William, M.A.; New York, NY: Sheldon, Blake, Bleeker & CO., 1857. It is a German name but there are several spelling versions of this name out there certainly Germany. Once in the US, it frequently became "Rice"