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Rye

in North Carolina

There are 51 people with the last name "Rye" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

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Rye 10,813
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  1. is 10,809th most common Ribeiro
  2. is 10,810th most common Robichaud
  3. is 10,811th most common Rothstein
  4. is 10,812th most common Rusnak
  5. is 10,813th most common Rye
  6. is 10,814th most common Sack
  7. is 10,815th most common Said
  8. is 10,816th most common Sappington
  9. is 10,817th most common Scheid

Similar Names and Nicknames

Roe, Rae, Rue, Ryu, Ree, Rhe, Rie, Ry, Rwe, Rya

Most Common First Names for Rye

David, James, Danny, Elwood, Gina, Gregory, John, Kimberly, Martha, Matt

Meaning & History

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Rye

English: topographic name for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by fens, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter ye ‘at the island’ (from Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a river or stream, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter eye ‘at the river’ (from Old English ēa ‘river’).

English: topographic name for someone living at a place where rye (Old English ryge) was grown, or perhaps a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or sold it.

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead so named, most of them from Old Norse rjóðr ‘clearing in a forest’, but others from ry ‘dry place with stones’.

Danish: habitational name from a place called Rye.

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