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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Perhaps a translation of French Raisonnier, a derivative of Raison.
  • Possibly an Americanized spelling of German and Riesener, patronymic from the personal name Riese, Rizo meaning ‘giant’ or of German Riesner (see Reasner).

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