Reeve Family History
Reeve Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): occupational name from Middle English reve refe ‘reeve’ (Old English gerēfa). In medieval England a reeve was an official responsible for the administration of a manor including organizing work done by the peasants on the land for their lord collecting rents selling produce and so on. Irish: variant of Reeves 5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022