The re Surname
re Name Meaning and History
- Italian (Ré): from re ‘king’, possibly denoting someone who lived by or worked in a royal court, or someone who behaved in regal fashion, had played the part of a king in a pageant, or who had earned the title in some contest of skill.
- Northern Italian (Re): habitational name for someone from a place named with ré ‘river’, for example Re in Novara.
- French (Ré): habitational name from a place so named in Indre or from the Ile de Ré.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Surname of RE | Sue Ann Farasy-Mueller (Sue) | 15 |
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| Re Family | Richard C. Richardson | 3 |
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| Lewis RE, Italian Doctor Dies in 1940 OK |
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| Re to Rey From Italy,Frank or Francesco |
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| Looking for husband's ancestry | Norene Re' | 9 |
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| Giovanni Re married Rosa Gualdoni | betty mclaughlin | 0 |
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