Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Red-haired; reed

Boy name variations

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Reed

Reed

+ 3% this year
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Reid

Reid

- 6% this year
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Common
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Reade

Reade

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Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.
  • English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.