German: from Middle High German rieme ‘band’, ‘strap’, hence
a metonymic occupational name for a strap maker, a nickname for a
wearer of such items, a topographic name from the same word in the
sense ‘narrow strip of land’, or a habitational name from Riem near
Munich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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