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Rye

in West Virginia

There are 28 people with the last name "Rye" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

NameRank
Rye 5,670
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  1. is 5,666th most common Retton
  2. is 5,667th most common Rieser
  3. is 5,668th most common Romage
  4. is 5,669th most common Ruppert
  5. is 5,670th most common Rye
  6. is 5,671st most common Shedd
  7. is 5,672nd most common Shewbridge
  8. is 5,673rd most common Shine
  9. is 5,674th most common Shivley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rye

Melvin, Eric, Kristy, Mary, Scottie, Alyson, Barbara, Blii, Calvin

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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