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Read

in Kansas

There are 140 people with the last name "Read" in Kansas.

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  1. is 2,178th most common Maher
  2. is 2,179th most common Mcdermott
  3. is 2,180th most common Mcvay
  4. is 2,181st most common Musick
  5. is 2,182nd most common Read
  6. is 2,183rd most common Tackett
  7. is 2,184th most common Talbert
  8. is 2,185th most common Trevino
  9. is 2,186th most common Whitmore

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

David, Robert, James, Richard, Dean, John, Susan, Colleen, Craig

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.

    Recent Searches for "Read" in Kansas

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    David Read, KS (8 searches)
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