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Reese

Reese: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“ardor, enthusiasm”
Origin
Welsh
Say it
REES · 1 syllable
Used for
Both (69% girls, 31% boys since 1880)

Variant of the Welsh name Rhys. Reese is also used as an Anglicized surname form and later as a given name.

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How popular is Reese?

2024614 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Reese in 20242,044

2024 rank#190 girls

Peak year2012

Total US babies since 188062,268

Reese has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Reese

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Everestfrom the Eurest river settlement · Welsh
  • Emrysimmortal · Welsh
  • Lynnlake · Welsh
  • Wynnfair, blessed · Welsh
  • Teganfair, beautiful · Welsh
  • Cairejoice · Welsh

Reese questions

What does the name Reese mean?

Reese means "ardor, enthusiasm". It comes from Welsh. Variant of the Welsh name Rhys. Reese is also used as an Anglicized surname form and later as a given name.

Is Reese a boy or girl name?

Reese is used for both: about 69% of US babies named Reese since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Reese?

2,044 US babies were named Reese in 2024. Its peak year was 2012.

How do you pronounce Reese?

Reese is usually pronounced REES.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.