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Read

in New Hampshire

There are 136 people with the last name "Read" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

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Read 1,280
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  1. is 1,276th most common Fifield
  2. is 1,277th most common Forrest
  3. is 1,278th most common Garneau
  4. is 1,279th most common Pillsbury
  5. is 1,280th most common Read
  6. is 1,281st most common Roux
  7. is 1,282nd most common Spooner
  8. is 1,283rd most common Tower
  9. is 1,284th most common Condon

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

Pamela, Robert, Scott, Walter, Ann, Chris, William, Albert, Amy, Bertram

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 New Hampshire

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    Pamela Read, NH (6 searches)
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