Rehm Family History
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Rehm Name Meaning
German: from the medieval personal name Rehm (see Remy). The former name was borne by a 6th-century bishop of Rheims; the latter was borne by various minor saints of the 8th to 10th centuries. German: from Middle High German reme ‘frame’, ‘loom’, ‘rack’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such items. North German: metonymic occupational name for a maker of leather reins and similar articles (see Riehm and Riemer).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Rahm, Riehm, Remy, Gehm, Reh, Brehm, Hehl, Kehm, Rehr, Dehm