Reiger
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Reiger or a reduced form of Dutch de Reiger.
Proper noun edit
Reiger (plural Reigers)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Reiger is the 36695th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Reiger is most common among White (91.79%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reiger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German reiger, rêger, from Old Saxon *hrēgar, *hrēgaro, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).
Noun edit
Reiger m (plural Reigers)