Rei Family History
Rei Name Meaning
Galician and Portuguese: nickname from rei ‘king’. In Galicia (Spain) this is very often a name for a foundling from the Hospital dos Reis Católicos in Santiago de Compostela where foundlings were brought up. Italian: patronymic or plural form of Reo . Italian: variant of Re ‘king’ of Spanish and French (Occitan) origin (see Rey ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022