German: nickname from Middle High German recke ‘outlaw’
or ‘fighter’.
North German and Westphalian: from Middle Low German
recke ‘marsh’, ‘waterlogged ground’, hence a topographic name,
or a habitational name from a place named with this term.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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