Given name & surname

Reep

“basket”

Reep is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Reep goes back to Middle English hrip, meaning “basket.”

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Reep comes from Dutch, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Dutch Reep, from Middle English hrip (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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