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Read

in North Dakota

There are 7 people with the last name "Read" in North Dakota.

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Ranking in North Dakota

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Read 12,860
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  1. is 12,856th most common Raumin
  2. is 12,857th most common Raun
  3. is 12,858th most common Rawlings
  4. is 12,859th most common Raynor
  5. is 12,860th most common Read
  6. is 12,861st most common Reber
  7. is 12,862nd most common Redday
  8. is 12,863rd most common Redfox
  9. is 12,864th most common Redhorse

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

Diana, Herb, Herbran, Julianne, Lorraine, Tamar, William

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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