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Read

in New York

There are 618 people with the last name "Read" in New York.

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Read 2,607
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  1. is 2,603rd most common Cartwright
  2. is 2,604th most common Darrow
  3. is 2,605th most common Dombrowski
  4. is 2,606th most common Kingston
  5. is 2,607th most common Read
  6. is 2,608th most common Spicer
  7. is 2,609th most common Held
  8. is 2,610th most common Labarbera
  9. is 2,611th most common Langer

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

John, James, Robert, David, Mary, Paul, William, Christopher, Jennifer, Richard

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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