Reichenbach Family History
Reichenbach Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of various minor places particularly in Baden-Württemberg and Hesse so named from Old High German rīhhi ‘rich powerful’ (i.e. strongly flowing) + bah ‘stream’. Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name from German reich ‘rich’ + Bach ‘stream’ (see 1 above).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022