Reiger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Reiger or a reduced form of Dutch de Reiger.

Proper noun

Reiger (plural Reigers)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Reiger is the 36695^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 609 individuals. Reiger is most common among White (91.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Reiger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German reiger, rêger, from Old Saxon *hrēgar, *hrēgaro, from Proto-Germanic *hraigrô (“heron”).

Noun

Reiger m (plural Reigers)

1. heron

Derived terms

• Aalreiger
• Schietreiger