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Read

in North Carolina

There are 303 people with the last name "Read" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Read 3,240
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  1. is 3,236th most common Douglass
  2. is 3,237th most common Ely
  3. is 3,238th most common Ho
  4. is 3,239th most common Judge
  5. is 3,240th most common Read
  6. is 3,241st most common Sills
  7. is 3,242nd most common Tyree
  8. is 3,243rd most common Eley
  9. is 3,244th most common Hux

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

John, Daniel, Mary, William, Dale, Dan, James, Laura, Paul, Robert

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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