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Read

in Louisiana

There are 168 people with the last name "Read" in Louisiana.

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Ranking in Louisiana

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Read 2,828
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  1. is 2,824th most common Hattaway
  2. is 2,825th most common Kellogg
  3. is 2,826th most common Mollere
  4. is 2,827th most common Perrault
  5. is 2,828th most common Read
  6. is 2,829th most common Rockett
  7. is 2,830th most common Rowan
  8. is 2,831st most common Salazar
  9. is 2,832nd most common Slater

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

William, David, Lisa, Bill, Cathy, Crystal, Doris, Gary, Jerry, John

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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    William Read, LA (7 searches)
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