Reeves Family History
Reeves Name Meaning
English: variant of Reeve with post-medieval excrescent -s. English: from Middle English reve + genitival -s for the son daughter wife or servant of a reeve or of someone surnamed Reeve . English: from Middle English atte Reves a topographic and occupational name for someone who lived and probably worked ‘at the reeve's (house)’. English: topographic name for someone who lived on the margin of a wood or other geographical feature from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge or border’ (Old English æt thære efese). See Eaves . Irish (Limerick): from Ó Rímheadha later Ó Rímheá ‘descendant of Rímheadh’ a personal name derived from rímid meaning ‘counter’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022