The reid Surname
reid Name Meaning and History
- nickname for a person with red hair or a ruddy complexion, from Older Scots reid ‘red’.
- topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, from Old English r¯d ‘woodland clearing’. Compare English Read.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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