The story
- Old Saxon · derived fromhrīs
- Middle Low German · derived fromrīs“brushwood, twig”
- English todayRies
* 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.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.