The richey Surname
richey Name Meaning and History
- German: from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on ric ‘power(ful)’ (see Reich), or from the female personal name Rikheit, from ric + suffix -heit ‘way of being’.
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Reiche or Ritsche (see Ritchey 2).
- English and northern Irish: variant spelling of Ritchie.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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