# Reeves

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ɹiːvz/ · frequency rank #14,620

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A place name:
3. A place name:
4. A place name:

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Reeve with excrescent -s.
* Also as an English topographical surname, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eves (“at the border”), see Eaves.
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Rímheadha, Ó Rímheá (“descendant of Rímheadh”), from rímid (“counter”).

## Easily confused with
- **Reyes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeves-vs-reyes)
- **revel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeves-vs-revel)
- **Revis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeves-vs-revis)
- **reserves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeves-vs-reserves)
- **Reese** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-vs-reeves)
- **Reece** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reece-vs-reeves)
- **reels** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reels-vs-reeves)
- **reeve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reeve-vs-reeves)
- **raves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raves-vs-reeves)
- **reefer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reefer-vs-reeves)
- **Reese's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reese-s-vs-reeves)
- **receives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/receives-vs-reeves)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ereves`, `reeevs`, `reevess`, `reevse`, `reevves`, `revees`, `reves`, `rreeves`

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