rieck
{{Wiktionary|Rieck}}
Rieck is a German language surname.{{Cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=rieck|title=Rieck Name Meaning |accessdate=2019-12-14 |work=ancestry.com |quote=South German: from a pet form of the personal name Ru(o)diger, a compound of Old High German hrod ‘renown’ + ger ‘spear’, ‘lance’ (see Roger). North German: from a short form of a personal name containing the Middle Low German element rik(e) ‘rich’, ‘powerful’.}}{{Cite web |url=http://forebears.io/surnames/rieck |title=Rieck Surname Meaning & Statistics |accessdate=2019-12-14 |work=forebears.io |quote=Approximately 16,341 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Germany; Highest density in: Germany.}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.namespedia.com/details/rieck |title=Statistics and meaning of name Rieck |accessdate=2019-12-14 |work=namespedia.com |quote=Surname Rieck is used at least 3887 times in at least 26 countries.|language=}} Such as the related Riecke, Riek and Rieg it belongs to the group of family names derived from given names – in this case either from the name Rüdiger (English renditions: Ruediger, Rudiger, Roger) or from several compound names of Germanic origin with the element rik(e) (e. g. Richard, Dietrich, Heinrich, Friedrich) – and may refer to:
- Alfred Rieck (1914–2000), German rower
- Arnold Rieck (1876–1924), German stage and film actor
- Gilbert De Rieck (born 1936), former Belgian cyclist
- Hermann Rieck (c. 1837-1921), German-born pioneer farmer in Australia
- Matthew Rieck (born 1980), Australian rugby league footballer
- Mieken Rieck (1892–1977), German tennis player