Reiter is a German surname. The surname is relatively frequent in Germany, and in most cases is locational, derived from places called Reit or Reith (a with an original meaning of "clearing"). A variant of the same name is Reuter. In some cases the name may also be occupational, derived from either Reitherr, the office of treasurer in Upper German towns, or from makers of winnowing sieves (Reiter), or from the term Reiter "horseman, cavalryman, curassier".
People with the surname include:
Charlie Reiter, American professional association footballer
Dieter Reiter, Mayor of Munich
Hans Reiter (disambiguation), several people
Jeannot Reiter, former Luxembourg international footballer
Josef Reiter (composer), Austrian composer
Josef Reiter (judoka), Austrian judoka
Ľubomír Reiter, Slovak footballer
Madelyn Reiter, American politician
Michael Reiter, American computer scientist
Paul Reiter, a professor of medical entomology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France
Philipp Reiter (b. 1991), German ski mountaineer and mountain runner
Raymond Reiter, computer scientist
Thomas Reiter, German astronaut
William J. Reiter (1889-1979), American assistant director
