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Read

in South Carolina

There are 149 people with the last name "Read" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Read 3,121
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  1. is 3,117th most common Mears
  2. is 3,118th most common Nolen
  3. is 3,119th most common Nunnery
  4. is 3,120th most common Peagler
  5. is 3,121st most common Read
  6. is 3,122nd most common Saylor
  7. is 3,123rd most common Speaks
  8. is 3,124th most common Beacham
  9. is 3,125th most common Billingsley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

William, Patricia, Thomas, Charles, George, James, Richard, Angela, Cynthia, Dalila

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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