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Read

in Delaware

There are 92 people with the last name "Read" in Delaware.

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Ranking in Delaware

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Read 1,041
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  1. is 1,037th most common Parson
  2. is 1,038th most common Piper
  3. is 1,039th most common Pryor
  4. is 1,040th most common Randolph
  5. is 1,041st most common Read
  6. is 1,042nd most common Rich
  7. is 1,043rd most common Schaefer
  8. is 1,044th most common Ziegler
  9. is 1,045th most common Beard

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

William, Derek, Elmer, Leonard, Ronald, Catherine, Dorrence, Jean, Kyle, Sara

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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