Rey Family History
Rey Name Meaning
Spanish Galician and French (Occitan): from Spanish and Old French rey ‘king’ (from Latin rex genitive regis) which may have denoted someone in the service of a king or it may have been from the title of someone in a brotherhood or a nickname for someone who behaved in a regal fashion or who had earned the title in some contest of skill or by presiding over festivities. Compare Del Rey and Galician Rei . English (Somerset): variant of Ray . German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with ragin ‘counsel’. German: nickname for a leader of dancing or singing from Middle Low German rei(e) ‘(line) dance (satirical) song’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022