# Reese

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹis/ · frequency rank #15,254

## Definitions
1. A surname
2. A male given name
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later American usage.

## Etymology
* As a given name and British surname generally from Welsh Rhys (literally “ardor”).
* Chiefly in North America, the surname may also be from unrelated German Reese (literally “giant”).

## Easily confused with
- **res** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-res)
- **rest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rest)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rose)
- **rise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rise)
- **refs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-refs)
- **reps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reps)
- **Rene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rene)
- **ruse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-ruse)
- **regs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-regs)
- **Reus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reus)
- **reis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reis)
- **Rhee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rhee)
- **reset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reset)
- **rinse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rinse)
- **reuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reuse)
- **Reyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reyes)
- **rouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-rouse)
- **revue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-revue)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reeve)
- **Renée** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-renee)

## Common misspellings (6)
`erese`, `reees`, `reesse`, `rese`, `resee`, `rreese`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reese