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Read

in the US

There are 15,079 people with the last name "Read" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Read 1,828
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  1. is 1,824th most common Hay
  2. is 1,825th most common Bain
  3. is 1,826th most common Fontenot
  4. is 1,827th most common Becerra
  5. is 1,828th most common Read
  6. is 1,829th most common Flaherty
  7. is 1,830th most common Eckert
  8. is 1,831st most common Mclain
  9. is 1,832nd most common Presley

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Read

Robert, John, David, James, William, Richard, Michael, Mary, Charles, Thomas

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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