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Read

in Missouri

There are 260 people with the last name "Read" in Missouri.

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Read 2,628
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  1. is 2,624th most common Northcutt
  2. is 2,625th most common Schreiner
  3. is 2,626th most common Westrich
  4. is 2,627th most common Eagan
  5. is 2,628th most common Read
  6. is 2,629th most common Scales
  7. is 2,630th most common Stepp
  8. is 2,631st most common Veach
  9. is 2,632nd most common Clawson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

William, Edward, James, Michael, Ryan, Ann, Carol, Carolyn, Chuck, Danny

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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