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Read

in Maine

There are 173 people with the last name "Read" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Read 1,235
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  1. is 1,231st most common Quint
  2. is 1,232nd most common Coughlin
  3. is 1,233rd most common Duguay
  4. is 1,234th most common Munson
  5. is 1,235th most common Read
  6. is 1,236th most common Christie
  7. is 1,237th most common Gilpatrick
  8. is 1,238th most common Good
  9. is 1,239th most common Houston

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

James, John, Frank, George, Martin, Nancy, Patricia, Rebecca, Richard, Russell

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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