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Read

in Arkansas

There are 71 people with the last name "Read" in Arkansas.

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Read 4,281
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  1. is 4,277th most common Muhammad
  2. is 4,278th most common Nagel
  3. is 4,279th most common Patillo
  4. is 4,280th most common Pedersen
  5. is 4,281st most common Read
  6. is 4,282nd most common Roby
  7. is 4,283rd most common Settle
  8. is 4,284th most common Shewmaker
  9. is 4,285th most common Silvey

Similar Names and Nicknames

Reed, Reid, Reddy, Redd, Reedy, Ready, Reader, Reading, Reidy, Reade

Most Common First Names for Read

Frankie, Joyce, James, Karen, Lea, Leaellen, Linda, Marie, Martha, Richard

Meaning & History

English:

  • 1. nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Middle English re(a)d ‘red’.
  • 2. topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from an unattested Old English rīed, rȳd ‘woodland clearing’.
  • 3. habitational name from various places: Read in Lancashire, the name of which is a contracted form of Old English rǣghēafod, from rǣge ‘female roe deer’, ‘she-goat’ + hēafod ‘head(land)’; Rede in Suffolk, so called from Old English hrēod ‘reeds’; or Reed in Hertfordshire, so called from an Old English ryhð ‘brushwood’.

    • FOREBEARS A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.

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    Frankie Read, AR (6 searches)
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