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Reice

Gender
Girl
Say it
REES
Origin
Welsh

Reice is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “ardour, enthusiasm”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Reice mean?

Welsh: respelling of Reece, from Welsh Rhys

“ardour, enthusiasm”

Is Reice a girl's or a boy's name?

Reice is a girls' name.

How popular is Reice in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 2 girls.

1997Busiest: 2 in 19972022
Reice in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20221#7,487
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19972#5,038

How popular is Reice in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Reice in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 12 in 20032013
Reice in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20135#12,129
20125#12,267
201110#7,495
20100–
20090–
20086#11,030
20078#8,909
200610#7,422
20057#9,108
20047#8,921
200312#5,870
200210#6,515
200110#6,438
20009#6,832
19995#9,905
19988#6,837

Names like Reice

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Reice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reice, updated 20 October 2026.