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Read

in California

There are 1,493 people with the last name "Read" in California.

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Read 1,887
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  1. is 1,883rd most common Munson
  2. is 1,884th most common Shoemaker
  3. is 1,885th most common Hutchison
  4. is 1,886th most common Mayorga
  5. is 1,887th most common Read
  6. is 1,888th most common Blue
  7. is 1,889th most common Herring
  8. is 1,890th most common Horne
  9. is 1,891st most common Lowery

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

Robert, John, William, David, James, Mary, Richard, Charles, Michael, Christopher

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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