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Read

in Connecticut

There are 215 people with the last name "Read" in Connecticut.

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Read 1,743
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  1. is 1,739th most common Lawler
  2. is 1,740th most common Masse
  3. is 1,741st most common Nugent
  4. is 1,742nd most common Pina
  5. is 1,743rd most common Read
  6. is 1,744th most common Sosa
  7. is 1,745th most common Spada
  8. is 1,746th most common Concepcion
  9. is 1,747th most common Cone

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

John, Christopher, David, James, Richard, Robert, George, Mary, Barbara, Chris

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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