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reef Name Meaning and History
North German: of disputed origin; either a metonymic occupational
name for a maker or seller of rope, from Middle Low German reep
‘rope’, or alternatively, a nickname for a feeble or very thin person,
from Middle Low German ref, rif ‘body’, ‘skeleton’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| REEF Switzerland>Monroe Co., OH>Wood Co., WV>Oregon Co.,MO | Lisa Newton | 27 |
| Lorenzo Reef 1784-1866, Ohio, Indiana | Bethany Miller Cole | 0 |
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