patronymic from Reeve.topographic name for
someone who lived on the margin of a wood, from a misdivision of the
Middle English phrase atter eves ‘at the edge’ (Old English
æt þære efese).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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