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Rye

in Tennessee

There are 408 people with the last name "Rye" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

NameRank
Rye 1,868
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  1. is 1,864th most common Hassell
  2. is 1,865th most common Hutcheson
  3. is 1,866th most common Kuykendall
  4. is 1,867th most common Layman
  5. is 1,868th most common Rye
  6. is 1,869th most common Click
  7. is 1,870th most common Keel
  8. is 1,871st most common Larue
  9. is 1,872nd most common Luther

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rye

William, James, Patricia, Bobby, John, Amanda, Betty, Jack, Robert, Ronald

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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