Family name origins & meanings
- Dutch : nickname for a big man, from Middle Dutch reuse(n) ‘giant’.
- German : topographic name from Middle High German riuse ‘fish trap’ (Middle Low German ruse) or from a regional term reuse ‘small stream’, ‘channel’.
- Catalan : habitational name from Reus in Tarragona province. However, this source seems not to have contributed greatly to the American name.