Serious question: what kind of name is "Reince Priebus" ?

[phantom power]

His full name is apparently Reinhold Reince Priebus. Is it German?

[XemaSab]

1. You're not the first person to wonder that

[onehandle]

2. He's from the fabled land of Dicktopia. nt

[FightingIrish]

3. His parents really wanted a Schnauzer.

[formercia]

7. I wonder if he's registerd with the Kennel Club

That does sound like a name one might give to a Dog.

[Historic NY]

29. ROTMFFLMMFAO...I am...its sorta like Rafalca.

[formercia]

44. Papers Please!!

Whimper....

Puddle appears on floor.

[hedgehog]

4. Sounds like a You-o-pee-un Socialist name to me!

[Poll_Blind]

5. Dunno, but I'm pretty sure he's related to Peeance Freeance:

PB

[slor]

6. Not sure, sounds like it is, but have you heard how Rachel Maddow...

rolls her R's when she says his name sometimes? It is funny!

[CTyankee]

38. My daughter and I were remarking on that, too! God love Rachel!

She does fun things with Republicans and you can see the delight on her face as she's doing it!

[PADemD]

8. Ja wohl

[Greybnk48]

9. I know other Priebus families in Wisconsin,

it not an uncommon surname in Wisconsin, and Reinhold is obviously German. Lots of Germans here (beer, brats, cheese after all). But I never have heard the name Reince. That's a new one, apparently for almost everyone.

[Chorophyll]

10. It's definitely European!

And while it is funny...

Eh, I was gonna say that Democrats should be above making fun of people's names. But after four years of hearing idiots say "Barack HOO-SANE Obama," I say go for it.

I call him Wince.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. "Reinhold Priebus" could easily be a German name

I have no idea where the "Reince" comes from, and neither does anyone else I can find on Google. One source says that "Reince" is an obscure French family name. Another source says that it's a family nickname for "Reinhold."

[PatSeg]

40. A lot of families

will use a mother or grandmother's maiden name as a middle name. I know it is true in my family's genealogy. Perhaps that is where "Reince" came from.

Edit to add: Apparently as a surname, Reince appears to be Russian in origin. As a first name, it could be Flemish.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/what_kind_of_a_name_is_reince.html

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. Russian?

Doesn't sound Russian to me.

[PatSeg]

59. Maybe they dropped a few ski's and Z's!!!

It sounds more German to me, but I can't honestly say I've ever heard the name before Priebus showed up on the national stage.

[MattBaggins]

62. Rienz is a river in the Tyrol region of Italy

[Posteritatis]

12. Are we seriously making fun of foreign-sounding names now? God. (nt)

[phantom power]

16. no we are not, hence the phrase "serious question"

[Posteritatis]

20. Fair enough in your case - referring to most of the other responses. (nt)

[randome]

17. Considering how Obama is unamerican and was born in Kenya and isn't like the rest of us...

...yes.

No, you have a point.

[kestrel91316]

13. Germany, Russia, Hungary - from a 30 second search on Ancestry.com.

Definitely northeastern Europe.

[phantom power]

33. ancestry.com - did not think of that

[FightForMichigan]

14. I wondered too,

So I wiki'd him today. Mix of German and Greek. I'd say Priebus is Greek.

So in other words, or in his own damned words, "European."

And we all know what THAT means.

[KharmaTrain]

15. His Real First Name Is Rheinhold...

He's from a German-American family.

[JaneyVee]

18. Who named him, George Lucas? Jar Jar Binks, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Reince Priebus, Darth Vader

[renate]

23. wow, you're right!

It sounds perfect for a Star Wars character!

I have a weird name myself so I'm not making fun of Reince Priebus--but it really does sound Lucasian!

[unblock]

19. leave out the vowels: RNC PR BS -- it's GOT to be a joke!

republican
national
committee

public
relations

bull
sh*t


how can this not be a joke? this is just too comical to be coincidence!

[renie408]

24. Anagram High Five! n/t

[snooper2]

21. It's a name you give your kid went you want his hygiene to be king

[Jennicut]

22. He has Greek-German heritage.

Nothing wrong with the name (as there is nothing wrong with "Barack Obama&quot , everything wrong with what he believes in.

[HopeHoops]

25. The kind that gets you daily wedgies - no matter how old you are.

[renie408]

26. How do you pronounce it? NOT RINSE PENIS!! n/t

[Laochtine]

27. Sturmabteilung

storm trooper?

[Posteritatis]

35. Wow, someone actually went there. (nt)

[Javaman]

28. obviously the result of prankster parents. nt

[Fawke Em]

30. If you're serious...

From Slate:

Reince is a very rare first name, although a few immigrants from Flemish Belgium have brought Reince to the United States as a last name. Forty-one people with the last name Reince have died in the United States since 1962. When he passes on, Chairman Priebus could become the only person with the first name Reince in the death index. But it's not clear that Reince is, in fact, his given name. His name sometimes appears as Reince R. Priebus, and other times as Reinhold R. Priebus.

Fred Priebus, the family patriarch, came to the United States near the turn of the 20th century. In census interviews, family members alternately reported their country of origin as Russia or Germany, although they consistently stated that they spoke German in their homeland. Today, there are more Priebuses in Germany than in any other country, with the largest number inhabiting the Thuringia region.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2011/01/what_kind_of_a_name_is_reince.html

[nomorerethuglicans]

63. True origins of the Reince name

Actually, Reince, as a last name, is Walloon. They came from Wallonia, the French speaking region in Belgium. They still speak a bit of Walloon to this day in Northern Wisconsin, which is closely related to the French language.

As for Priebus, I don't know anything about him.

[gopiscrap]

64. Welcome to DU

[Lint Head]

31. Isn't he the Supreme Commander of Assholia?

[undeterred]

32. A priebus is actually a tool for picking up a tiny penis.

[LiberalEsto]

34. Prussian, I believe nt

[El Supremo]

36. And what kind of name is "Barak Obama"?

Just saying.

[undeterred]

42. Its Barack.

Just saying.

[El Supremo]

43. Got me!

I do that all the time. What a dumbass.

[Whisp]

48. yes

Barack Obama has a fine name because he is a good man.

That Rinse thing is a piece of stinkin' shit - just in case you were equalizing the two in any way

[kimbutgar]

37. I saw a documentary on History channel about Nazi's in the US

In the 1930's a large group of Germans in the Midwest supported Adolph Hitler and had their own Hitler Youth. I wonder if Reince is a progeny of that group? They disbanded when we entered into WWII. 43% of population of Wisconsin were of German descent. Wisconsin was ground zero for this group.

http://www.americainwwii.com/articles/americans-for-hitler/

They were called the German American Bund.

[DonRedwood]

39. I have a weird name. Ignorant people often make fun of it.

[librechik]

41. he's actually "Reince Priebus 6" --that was the number on his clone tube

at the Mengele Adolph Hitler Mass Production Facility in Brazil.

In German it means "Pretty Good Sperm Sample"

Oops, I didn't give you a serious answer.

lol

[JHB]

46. No one else remembers the after school special "Reince Priebus, Your Mother Is Calling"?

OK, neither do I, but the name is MADE for that title!

[Beaverhausen]

47. autocorrect can't deal with it

today I got "reinvent preenus" and "rinse pubis"

[MrScorpio]

49. It doesn't just sound German, it sounds positively PRUSSIAN

I wouldn't be surprised if he's descended from Prussian royalty

[Cleita]

50. Reinhold is definitely a German name. There seems to be a place

called Klein Preibus in Germany. I would say, it's all German

[Politicalboi]

51. I thought it was

Rinse Penis.

[Spirochete]

53. It was most likely invented

by an epileptic playing with a Ouija board. Or a blind draw with Scrabble tiles.

[tridim]

54. It's the "clever" name you would give a custom-built android that delivers RNC PR BS.

[truebluegreen]

55. no doubt someone already said this

but it is an Obvious Anagram.

[lpbk2713]

56. It's Cayman Islandese

It translates roughly to He of Rancid Penis

[backscatter712]

57. Sounds like a part of the male anatomy.

I fully expect to flip open a biology text book and read "The semen travels from the testicles through the urethra, exiting at the reince priebus."

[Crabby Appleton]

58. I always think of these

when I see his name

[jmowreader]

60. It's kind of like naming your son Sue

If you want to toughen your son up by giving him a weird name, Reince is one of the names you'd choose. (Or probably not choose; Reince is a REALLY rare name.)

Between his name and his appearance, I figure Mr. Priebus was the number one target of his school's football team--a factoid the other geeks and nerds in his school are eternally grateful for.

[ibegurpard]

61. no clue but it makes me think of some kind of sex organ