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Rye

in South Carolina

There are 87 people with the last name "Rye" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Rye 4,546
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  1. is 4,542nd most common Milledge
  2. is 4,543rd most common Mullin
  3. is 4,544th most common Riordan
  4. is 4,545th most common Rowley
  5. is 4,546th most common Rye
  6. is 4,547th most common Sain
  7. is 4,548th most common Threlkeld
  8. is 4,549th most common Tolen
  9. is 4,550th most common Trimnal

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rye

Gerald, Mary, Susie, Donna, Bryon, Carl, Curtis, Daniel, George, Joni

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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