Defreese Family History
Defreese Name Meaning
Americanized form (also De Freese) of Dutch De Vries ‘the Frisian’ or of any of its variants such as De Vrieze (see Vrieze ). Compare Defrees Variant of Defrees 2 a surname of French origin (see Deforest ). This surname is found mainly in NY.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022