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Read

in Michigan

There are 397 people with the last name "Read" in Michigan.

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Read 2,413
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  1. is 2,409th most common Bader
  2. is 2,410th most common Christy
  3. is 2,411th most common Lara
  4. is 2,412th most common Lovett
  5. is 2,413th most common Read
  6. is 2,414th most common Stanford
  7. is 2,415th most common Bremer
  8. is 2,416th most common Brownlee
  9. is 2,417th most common Fortune

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

Thomas, John, David, Donald, Mary, Robert, James, Susan, Jill, Barbara

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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