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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Reid (countable and uncountable, plural Reids)
- (countable) A surname.
- A Scottish surname from Old English, a byname from Old English rēad (“red”).[1]
- An English surname from Old English, a variant of Reed.
- A surname from Irish
- A surname from Irish, an anglicization of Réid, a byname from Anglo-Norman le Rede (“the red”).
- A surname from Irish, a translation of Ó Maoildeirg (“descendant of the red chief”) (Mulderrig).
- A surname from Irish, an adopted anglicization of Ó Maoilbhríghde (Mulready).
- (countable) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A placename:
- A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; named for George Reid, 4th Prime Minister of Australia.
- A census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Cabell County, West Virginia, United States.
- An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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References
- ^ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.
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