Rising Family History
Rising Name Meaning
Swiss German and South German: variant of Risinger . Perhaps an Americanized form of German Reising or from an unexplained stem riese. English (Norfolk and Suffolk): habitational name from Castle Rising or Woodrising (Norfolk). The placename means either ‘people of a man called Risa’ or ‘people at the brushwood’ from an Old English personal name Risa or Old English hrīs ‘brushwood’ + the groupname suffix -ingas.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022