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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Middle English : Bailiff

Boy name variations

Reave

Reave

0 % this year
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Reeves

Reeves

+ 9% this year
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How Popular Is The Name Reeve

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (most common in East Anglia) : from Middle English reeve, an occupational name for a steward or bailiff, the precise character of whose duties varied from place to place and at different periods.

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