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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from Middle High German rebe ‘vine’ + stock ‘stick’, ‘cane’, ‘stem’, i.e. ‘vine’, a metonymic occupational name for a vine-dresser or vintner, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by a living vine or a sign depicting a vine. Compare Rebholz.

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