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Rye

in Illinois

There are 53 people with the last name "Rye" in Illinois.

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Ranking in Illinois

NameRank
Rye 21,487
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  1. is 21,483rd most common Ripp
  2. is 21,484th most common Ristow
  3. is 21,485th most common Rohrbacher
  4. is 21,486th most common Rosenfield
  5. is 21,487th most common Rye
  6. is 21,488th most common Rylko
  7. is 21,489th most common Savickas
  8. is 21,490th most common Schardan
  9. is 21,491st most common Schiffer

Similar Names and Nicknames

Roe, Rae, Rue, Ryu, Ree, Rhe, Rie, Ry, Rwe, Rya

Most Common First Names for Rye

Thomas, Annie, Carol, Harry, Jesse, Joan, Katherine, Shanian, Steven, Andre

Meaning & History

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Rye

English: topographic name for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by fens, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter ye ‘at the island’ (from Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a river or stream, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eye ‘at the river’ (from Old English ēa ‘river’).

English: topographic name for someone living at a place where rye (Old English ryge) was grown, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold it.

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named, most of them from Old Norse rjóðr ‘clearing in a forest’, but others from ry ‘dry place with stones’.

Danish: habitational name from a place called Rye.

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