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Type Surname
Usage Scottish (Anglicized), Irish
Meaning & History
A Scottish surname of uncertain origin.Possibly from the Cumbric word rith meaning 'ford' or 'crossing' (Welsh rhyd) or perhaps the Pictish equivalent. Reith may also be a reduced form of MacCreath, an ancient Scottish surname, also of uncertain origin.In some cases, Reith may be a variant of Reid.Reith is also used as an Anglicization of any like-sounding German and Dutch surnames.