SEARCH FOR A PERSONAL NAME Whats in a name - a survey of first names

Use * for one or more unknown letters
Use ~ before name for Soundex search
Search
Help
Search
History
Read (M)>

Read (male)

Variants:Reid (M)
Can be spelt:Reade (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish, English and US, from Old English "red". Initially used in Scotland and northern England as a nickname, and hence as a surname, for red-haired or ruddy-faced people. In some cases the surname arose as an occupational or locality name from Old Enlgish "reeds" or, alternatively, "cleared land".

Not common as a given name.