Name

Name REED

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 29,948 births of Reed in the countries below, which represents an average of 211 births of children bearing the first name Reed per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 805 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Reed
In Italiano

Nome Reed

Variation : Read

Information about the first name Reed

The first name Reed is listed in our categories :

Flower names
Reed

The first name Reed has been assigned to:

99.82% to boys
0.18% to girls

The country where the first name Reed is the most common is:

United State of America

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Reed

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Reed : Dreè, Eder, Éder, Edre

Reed in Japanese ^*

Romaji	riido
Katakana	リード
Hiragana	りーど
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Reed in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Reed

English

Etymology

As an English and Scottish surname, from the adjective red.
Also as an English surname, from Old English rēodan (“to clear out”), from Proto-West Germanic *reudan.
Also as an English surname, from several places in England, such as Reed, Lancashire (from Old English ra (“roe deer”) or Rede, Suffolk (see Rede).Compare Rider, Reader.

Etymology

From Middle English reden, from the noun (see above).

Etymology

See ree.

Etymology

From Middle English rede (“abomasum”), from Old English rēada, from Proto-West Germanic *raudō.

Etymology (Verb)

reed (third-person singular simple present reeds, present participle reeding, simple past and past participle reeded)
(transitive) To thatch.
To mill or mint with reeding.

Etymology (Verb)

reed
simple past and past participle of ree

Etymology (Alternative forms)

read

Etymology (Noun)

reed (plural reeds)
(UK, Scotland, dialect) The fourth stomach of a ruminant; rennet.

Anagrams

-dere, Eder, Rede, de re, deer, dere, dree, rede

Anagrams

-dere, Eder, Rede, de re, deer, dere, dree, rede

Pronunciation

enPR: rēd, IPA(key): /ɹiːd/
Homophones: read, Reid, Reade, Read
Rhymes: -iːd

Proper noun

Reed
A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid.
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636).
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Desha County, Arkansas.
An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky.
A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
An unincorporated community in Freeman, Crawford County, Wisconsin.

Geographical distribution (Pseudonyms and aliases)

Donald Reed (actor) (1901–1973), Mexico, born "Ernesto Avila Guillen", emigrated to the United States
United States
Alan Reed (1907–1977), born "Teddy Bergman"
Donna Reed (1921–1986), born "Donnabelle Mullenger"
B. Mitchel Reed (1926–1983), born "Burton Mitchel Goldberg"
Alaina Reed Hall (1946–2009), sometimes billed as "Alaina Reed" (African American)
Alto Reed (living), American saxophonist

Reed as a given name (Born after 1800)

United States
Reed Smoot (1862–1941)
Reed A. Albee (1886–1961)
Reed F. Cutler (1887–1964)
Reed Chambers (1894–1972)

Reed as a given name (Born after 1900)

United States
(1911–1974) Reed Hadley
(1911–2002) Reed Green
(1917–1986) Reed Sarratt
(1917–1982) Reed Crandall
(1922–2004) Reed Irvine
(born c. 1942) Reed Wickner
Canada (born 1945) Reed Elley
United States2 (born 1948) Reed Hundt, Reed V. Hillman
United States2 (born 1949) Reed Waller, Reed Slatkin

Reed as a given name (Born after 1950)

United States
(born 1956) Reed Larson
(born 1963) Reed Pierce
(born 1964) Reed Gershwind
(born 1967) Reed Diamond
(born 1972) Reed Cowan
(born 1976) Reed Johnson
Canada (born 1976) Reed Low
United States
(born 1980) Reed Gusciora
(born 1982) Reed Doughty
(born 1994) Reed Alexander
(born 1999) Reed Blankenship

Reed as a given name (Fictional characters)

United States television: Reed Adamson (Grey's Anatomy)
United States television: Reed Garrett (CSI: NY), Reed Pollock, Reed (Fresh Beat Band of Spies)
United States comics: Reed Richards

Reed as a given name (Living with unknown birth year)

United States Reed Arvin, American record producer
United States Reed Shuldiner, American law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School

Reed as a given name (Pseudonyms and aliases)

United States
Reed Cowan (born "Darrin Reed Cowan")
Reed Erickson (born "Rita Alma Erickson")
Reed Ghazala (born "Qubais Reed Ghazala")
Reed Hastings (born "Wilmot Reed Hastings, Jr. ")
Reed Sorenson (born "Bradley Reed Sorenson")
Reed Whittemore (born "Edward Reed Whittemore Jr. ")

Proper noun (Derived terms)

Reed City

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ræd.

Etymology

From Old English read.

Etymology (Noun)

reed
(Chaucer) advice, counsel

Etymology (Adjective)

reed
red
14th c., Chaucer, General Prologue
Boold was hir face, and fair, and reed of hewe.
Bold was her face, and fair, and red of hue.

Dutch

Anagrams

rede

Pronunciation 1

Rhymes: -eːt, -eː
IPA(key): /reː(t)/
Homophone: reedt

Pronunciation 2

Rhymes: -eːt
IPA(key): /reːt/
Homophone: reedt

Pronunciation 1 (Verb)

reed
singular past indicative of rijden

Pronunciation 2 (Verb)

reed
inflection of reden:
first-person singular present indicative
imperative

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *rēd, from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō.

Etymology (Noun)

reed c (plural redens, diminutive reedsje)
skate

Etymology (Noun)

reed c (plural reden, diminutive reedsje)
driveway
journey

Popularity of the name Reed

Number of REED births per year

Popularity of the name Reed

Total births of Reed by country

		Births with the first name Reed
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 1880 - 2022	28,436 36
	Ontario 1913 - 2019	652 0
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	359 13
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	250 3
	British Columbia 1919 - 2022	139 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	20 0
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	19 0
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	14 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	2 2
	Ireland 1964 - 2022	3 0

Popularity of the name Reed

Total births of Reed by country (last available year)

		Births with the first name Reed
Country		Boys Girls
	United State of America 2022	753 0
	Ontario 2019	19 0
	United Kingdom 2021	16 0
	Alberta 2022	8 0
	British Columbia 2022	8 0
	Germany 2022	0 1