Reeves

See also: reeves

English

Etymology

  • As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s.
  • Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves.
  • As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).

Proper noun

Reeves

  1. A surname originating as an occupation.
  2. A place name:
    1. An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, United States.
    2. A village in Allen Parish, Louisiana, United States.
    3. A townland in County Kildare, Ireland.

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