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Read

in Illinois

There are 546 people with the last name "Read" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

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Read 2,002
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  1. is 1,998th most common Thacker
  2. is 1,999th most common Battaglia
  3. is 2,000th most common Hadley
  4. is 2,001st most common Otoole
  5. is 2,002nd most common Read
  6. is 2,003rd most common Story
  7. is 2,004th most common Horne
  8. is 2,005th most common Timm
  9. is 2,006th most common Crum

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

David, Robert, Mary, William, James, John, Charles, Linda, Richard, Mark

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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