| ![Show Contents]() Reiche Surname History
Etymology of ReicheWhat does the name Reiche mean? The surname Reiche is a metronymic surname, which means that it comes from the given name of the mother of the bearer. The Hebrew name Rachel became Reichel, in German-Yiddish, and it is from this given name that the surname Reiche derives. However, there are a few other possibilities. First, 'Reich' can be considered a cognate of 'rich,' meaning wealthy; as such the name Reiche would be considered a nickname. Reichenbach has been the name of various towns in Germany; as a surname, it simply indicated where its original bearer lived. Reiche Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Reich, Reiche, Richel, Reicher, Reichelson, Reichman, Reichstein, Reichheim, Reichenthal, Reichner, Reichenbaum and many more.
| Reiche migration to the United States | + |
Reiche Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Heinrich Friedrich Theodor Reiche, aged 25, who arrived in Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Dethardt" 1
- Gottlieb Reiche, who settled in Texas with his family in 1846
- Pauline Rosalie Reiche, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1853 1
- Laura Reiche, aged 30, who landed in New York, NY in 1869 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Reiche (post 1700) | + |
- Rüdiger Reiche (b. 1955), retired German rower and a 1976 Olympic champion in the quadruple sculls
- Reimut Reiche (b. 1941), German sociologist, sexologist, author and psychoanalyst
- Nora Reiche (b. 1983), German handballer playing for Thüringer HC and the German national team
- Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann (1903-1998), German-born, Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator, known for her research into the Nazca Lines
- Louis Jérôme Reiche (1799-1890), French merchant, manufacturer and entomologist
- Katherina Reiche (b. 1973), German manager and former politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)
- Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860-1929), German botanist, a university professor in Chile and Mexico
- Fritz Reiche (1883-1969), German physicist, a student of Max Planck and a colleague of Albert Einstein
- Elena Reiche (b. 1979), German modern pentathlete who represented Germany at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- ... (Another 2 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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