Re Family History
Re Name Meaning
Italian: from re ‘king’ possibly denoting someone who lived by or worked in a royal court or someone who behaved in regal fashion had played the part of a king in a pageant or who had earned the title in some contest of skill. Compare Lore Italian: habitational name from a place called with re ‘river’ for example Re in Novara. In some cases possibly also French (Ré): habitational name from a place so named Indre or from the Île de Ré.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022