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 footballerDieter Reiter, Mayor of MunichHans Reiter (disambiguation), several peopleJeannot Reiter, former Luxembourg international footballerJosef Reiter (composer), Austrian composerJosef Reiter (judoka), Austrian judokaĽubomír Reiter, Slovak footballerMadelyn Reiter, American politicianMichael Reiter, American computer scientistPaul Reiter, a professor of medical entomology at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, FrancePhilipp Reiter (b. 1991), German ski mountaineer and mountain runnerRaymond Reiter, computer scientistThomas Reiter, German astronautWilliam J. Reiter (1889-1979), American assistant director