Reese

• IPA^(key): /ɹis/
• Rhymes: -iːs

• As a given name and British surname generally from Welsh Rhys (literally “ardor”).
• Chiefly in North America, the surname may also be from unrelated German Reese (literally “giant”).

Reese

1. A surname
2. A male given name
3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later American usage.
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A genericization of the trademark Reese's, a popular brand of peanut butter cup, thus applied to all peanut butter cups.

Reese

1. Synonym of peanut butter cup

• resee

• Rehse, Rese, Riese

From Middle Low German rēse (“giant, very tall man”). Doublet of Riese.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁeːzə/

Reese m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Reeses or (with an article) Reese, plural Reeses or Reese)

1. a surname of northern German usage

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːsə/

Reese f

1. plural of Rees