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Read

in Vermont

There are 113 people with the last name "Read" in Vermont.

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Ranking in Vermont

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Read 851
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  1. is 847th most common Fisk
  2. is 848th most common Humphrey
  3. is 849th most common Mckenna
  4. is 850th most common Morrissey
  5. is 851st most common Read
  6. is 852nd most common Whitman
  7. is 853rd most common Barney
  8. is 854th most common Barron
  9. is 855th most common Beebe

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

John, Richard, Edward, Frank, Gary, James, Michael, Patricia, Signa, Walter

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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