Meaning of name Reese

The name Reese has the following meaning:

This name can be given to both baby boys and girls. It is a unisex name.

As a baby boy name, Reese is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 401 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Reese fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 13 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 475 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Reese in the USA, over the past 100 years.

The name Reese is very likely a(n) Welsh variant of the name Rhys. See other suggested Welsh baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Rhys.

The following names are baby names related to Reese and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Reese: Boys - Aneurin, Arvel, Caden, Cedric, Evan, Gavin, Hywel, Llewellyn, Llewelyn, Lloyd, Maddox, Girls - Ariana, Caron, Dec, Decia, Delyth, Dilys, Elva, Enid, Glenda, Glenna, Glynis, Both genders - Bryn, Carey, Deverell, Dylan, Gladys, Jennifer

The name Reese is a variant of Rhys. Other popular variants of the name Rhys are: Reece (Welsh), Reese (Welsh)

We think the name Reese should fall under the following style category: Celtic.

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Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Reese to be: Creative, tough and compassionate chap

In one word, you might describe Reese as a(n) "compassionate" person.

See other "compassionate" names for boys and girls.