Where does the name reef come from?
Where does the name reef come from? North German: either a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of rope from Middle Low German reep ‘rope’ or a nickname for a feeble or very thin person from Middle Low German ref rif ‘body skeleton’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
North German: either a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of rope from Middle Low German reep ‘rope’ or a nickname for a feeble or very thin person from Middle Low German ref rif ‘body skeleton’. This surname is very rare in Germany.
