# Ries

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #55,066

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.

## Etymology
* As a south German and Jewish surname, from the noun Riese (“giant”).
* Also as a German surname, from Middle Low German rīs (“brushwood, twig”), from Old Saxon hrīs.
* Also as a German surname, variant of Reis, Riess.
* As as Welsh surname, variant of Rice.

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