Reil Family History
Reil Name Meaning
German: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed with rag- ‘advice counsel’. South German: nickname from a diminutive of Middle High German rū ‘rough’ derived from a base form reule ‘coarse-haired (person)’. Compare German rau. German: habitational name from a place in Rhineland-Palatinate called Reil. Altered form of French Canadian Riel 3 a surname of Irish (but ultimately possibly French) origin.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022