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Read

in Virginia

There are 381 people with the last name "Read" in Virginia.

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Read 2,134
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  1. is 2,130th most common Westbrook
  2. is 2,131st most common Batts
  3. is 2,132nd most common Juarez
  4. is 2,133rd most common Nolen
  5. is 2,134th most common Read
  6. is 2,135th most common Rosen
  7. is 2,136th most common Stultz
  8. is 2,137th most common Kinder
  9. is 2,138th most common Milam

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

David, John, Charles, Robert, Catherine, Daniel, Richard, Lisa, Michael, Amy

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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    David Read, VA (9 searches)
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