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Reed (name)

Reed may be either a surname or given name.

Reed as a surname

"Reed" is a variant of the surname "Read", which is a nickname-derived surname referring to a person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red. In the modern world, 'Reed' appears as a surname most commonly in the United States among English-speaking countries, where it was the 55^th most common surname in 1990 accounting for about 0.12% of the population. The relative frequencies in 1998 among several countries were United States >> Great Britain > Australia ~ New Zealand ~ Canada >> Northern Ireland >> Ireland. In Great Britain, 'Reed' ranked at 158^th (0.081%) and 183^rd (0.073%) in 1881 and 1998, respectively, with little or no change in internal distribution among counties during the intervening century.

'Reed' has been adopted by several notable actors as their stage surname in preference to their birth names (see #Pseudonyms and aliases, below).

In Norway

Many Norwegians use a last name derived from their family farm or town. Reed is a town in Sogn og Fjordane county in Norway. As of 2008 314 share the surname Reed.

Reed means "blue"

People sharing the Reed surname

There are many notable people who share the Reed surname. These people are listed below to provide a partial geographical and time reference for use of this name. People listed below are presumed to be caucasian unless otherwise indicated parenthetically; this information is included as ethnicity is an important parameter in name studies. Ethnicities found below include African American and Jewish. Multiple items on a line is indicated by a superscript number associated with country of origin. All information included in the list below has been drawn from the referenced articles without input from other external sources.Born after 1300

Ireland or England (after 1350–1415) Robert Reed (bishop), alternatively spelled "Robert Reade"Born after 1700
United States (c.1723–1807) James Reed (soldier)
United States (1741–1785) Joseph Reed (jurist)
England (1742–1807) Isaac Reed
United States (1751–1831) John Reed, Sr.
U. (1760–1829) Philip Reed
U. (1776–1837) William Reed
U. (1781–1860) John Reed, Jr.
U. (1787–1836) Luman Reed
U. (1787–1829) Thomas Buck Reed
England (1787–1862) Andrew Reed (clergyman), same person as Andrew Reed (Reverend)
United States (1793–1883) Edward C. ReedBorn after 1800
United States (1803–1871) Charles Manning Reed
United States (1806–1876) William Bradford Reed
England (1806–1880) Henry Reed (merchant)
United States (1807–1864) Robert Rentoul Reed
U. (1809–1887) Isaac Reed (Maine)
U. (1813–1899) Harrison Reed
England (1817–1888) Thomas German Reed
England (1819–1881) Charles Reed
United States (1821–1891) Byron Reed
England (c.1823–1890) Joseph Reed (architect), emigrated to Australia
United States (1827–1888) Elijah W. Reed
England (1830–1906) Edward James Reed
United States (1830–1895) Simeon Gannett Reed
U. (1832–1904) Amanda Reed, 'Reed' being her married name, her maiden name not known
U. (1835–1925) Joseph Rea Reed
U. (1839–1902) Thomas Brackett Reed
U. (1842–1913) P. Booker Reed, moved to Canada late in life
U. (1842–1915) Elizabeth Armstrong Reed nee Armstrong
U. (1847–1938) David C. Reed
U. (1851–1902) Walter Reed
England (1852–1893) Talbot Baines Reed
United States (1856–1916) John Oren Reed
United States (1858–1876) Henry Armstrong Reed
Ireland (flourished 1860–1880) Andrew Reed (police inspector)
United States (1861–1944) James A. Reed
U. (1866–1935) Stuart F. Reed
U. (1866–1940) Eugene Elliott Reed
Ireland (1869–1931) Hamilton Lyster Reed
United States (1871–1949) Clyde M. Reed
United States (1871–1962) William Maxwell Reed
United Kingdom or India (1872–1969) Stanley Reed (UK politician)
United States (1874–1911) Myrtle Reed
U. (1874–1964) Dorothy Reed Mendenhall nee Reed
U. (1875–1959) Daniel A. Reed
England (1875–1975) Alfred Hamish Reed, emigrated to New Zealand
United States (1880–1953) David A. Reed
United States (1881–1935) James B. Reed
United Kingdom (1883–????) Lionel Reed
United States (1884–1980) Stanley Forman Reed
Canada (1887–1955) Guilford Bevil Reed
United States (1887–1920) John Reed (journalist)
U. (1887–1959) Theodore Reed
U. (1890–1938) Milt Reed
U. (1890–1956) Chauncey W. Reed
U. (1890–1959) Ted Reed
U. (1891–1973) Marshall Russell Reed
U. (1892–1978) Daniel Reed (screenwriter)
Australia (1892–1970) Geoffrey Reed
United States (1894–1989) Vivian Reed (silent film actress)
England (1895–1976) Douglas Reed, emigrated to South Africa
United States (1899–1978) Robin Reed
United States (1899–1989) Philip D. ReedBorn after 1900
Australia (1901–1981) John Reed (art patron)
United States (1905–1971) Victor Joseph Reed
United States (1905–1979) Evelyn Reed
Australia (1905–1981) Sunday Reed, nee Baillieu
England (1906–1976) Carol Reed, took maternal surname rather than paternal (Tree)
India (1906–1991) Cyril Reed, emigrated to England
United States (1910–1990) Albert Reed, Jr.
United States (born 1910) H. Owen Reed
England (1914–1986) Henry Reed (poet)
United States (1916–2001) Walter Reed (actor)
England (born 1916) John Reed (actor)
United States (1917–2007) Stanley Foster Reed
Ireland (1919–1974) Maxwell Reed
United States (1919-1991) Ernest Earl Reed
United States (1921–2005) Alfred Reed
U. (born 1921) John Hathaway Reed (same as John H. Reed)
U. (born 1923) Irving S. Reed
U. (1925–1976) Jimmy Reed (African American)
U. (c.1926–1970) Carol Reed (weather broadcaster)
U. (1927–1990) David E. Reed
U. (1927–2002) Barry Reed
Wales (1928–2003) Billy Reed
United Kingdom (born 1929) Michael Reed
United States (born 1932) Whitney Reed
U. (1932–1992) Robert Reed
U. (born 1933) Jack Reed (baseball)
U. (born 1934) Thomas C. Reed
England (born 1935) Les Reed
Canada (born 1936) Julian Reed
United States (1936–1984) Howie Reed
United States (born 1936) Hub Reed
England (born 1937)² Laurance Reed, Terence James Reed
United States (born 1937) Jerry Reed
United States (1938–1986) Dean Reed, permanently settled in East Germany in 1973
England (1938–1999) Oliver Reed
United States (born 1938) Rex Reed
U. (born 1938) Ishmael Reed (African American)
U. (born 1939)² George Reed, John S. Reed
Canada (born 1939) Fred A. Reed
England (died 1940) Henry Herbert Reed
England (born 1942) Tracy Reed (English actress) nee Pelissier
United States (born 1942) Willis Reed (African American)
U. (born 1942) Lou Reed (Jewish)
U. (born 1942)² Michael C Reed (mathematician), Ron Reed
U. (1943–2003) Ellen Cannon Reed nee Cannon
U. (born 1943) Bob Reed
United Kingdom (born 1945) David Reed (politician)
United States (born 1944)² Alvin Reed, Oscar Reed
U. (born 1945) Fred Reed
U. (born 1947) Francine Reed (African American)
U. (born 1948)² Chuck Reed, Joe Reed (American football)
U. (born 1949) Tracy Reed (American actress) (African American)
U. (born 1949)⁴ Caitriona Reed, Jack Reed, Pamela Reed, Stephen R. ReedBorn after 1950
United States (born 1950) Rick Reed (umpire)]],
United States (born 1951)Dannie Loyd Reed (Mississippi Representative)
England (born 1952) Les Reed (football coach)
United States (born 1952) David P. Reed
U. (born 1954)³ Ann Reed, Butch Reed, Frank Reed
U. (born 1955)³ Jerry Reed (baseball), Kevin Reed, Mark Reed (physicist)
U. (born 1955) Preston Reed, emigrated to Scotland
U. (born 1956)² Robert Reed (author), Shanna Reed
U. (born 1957) Keith W. Reed
U. (born 1958) Alyson Reed
U. (born 1960) Doug Reed
U. (born 1961) Ralph E. Reed, Jr.
U. (born 1961) Donald G. Reed (African American)
U. (born 1962)² Jeff Reed (baseball), Jody Reed
U. (born 1963) Dizzy Reed
England (born 1963) Steve Reed (Lambeth Councillor)
England (born 1964) Andy Reed
United States (born 1964)³ Andre Reed, Peyton Reed, Rick Reed (pitcher)
U. (born 1965) Steve Reed (baseball)
U. (born 1967)² Jake Reed, Jason Reed
U. (born 1967) Rodney Reed (African American)
U. (born 1968) Logan Reed
U. (born 1969) John Reed (novelist)
U. (born 1970) Eric Reed (musician)
U. (born 1970) Killah Priest, born "Walter Reed" (African American)
U. (born 1971) Kira Reed
U. (born 1972) Brett Reed
U. (born 1973) Brian Reed
U. (born 1973) Tayo Reed (African American)
England (born 1973) Jamie Reed
United States (born 1974) Tanoai Reed
England (born 1975) Adam Reed (footballer)
United States (born 1977)² Brandy Reed, James Reed
U. (born 1978)³ Dave L. Reed, Ed Reed, Jennie Reed
U. (born 1979)² Jeff Reed (American football), Kevin Michael Reed
U. (born 1979) Natina Reed (African American)
Australia (born 1980) Candice Reed
United States (born 1980)² Eric Reed, Tatum Reed
U. (born 1980) Josh Reed (African American)
U. (born 1981) Jeremy Reed
U. (born 1981) Gary Reed (athlete), emigrated to Canada
U. (born 1981) Peter Reed (rower), emigrated to United Kingdom
U. (born 1982) J. R. Reed
U. (born 1982) Justin Reed (African American)
Australia (born 1982) Chad Reed
United Kingdom (born 1982) David Reed (comedian)
United States (born 1982) Tyler Reed
U. (born 1983) Eric Reed (soccer player)
U. (born 1984) Kerry Reed
England (born 1985) Steven Reed (footballer)
United States (born 1985) Albert Reed
England (born 1987) Jamie Reed (footballer)
United States (born 1987) Cathy Reed, emigrated to Japan
U. (born 1988) Nikki Reed (Jewish father)
U. (born 1989) Chris Reed, emigrated to Japan
England - Born 1990 - Joe Reed - Amazing in bed
England (born 1992) Elizabeth Marie Reed hot stuff
United States (born 1996) ((Reed Flory) Only one with Reed as a first name. Living with unknown birth year
Australia (living) Lewis Reed
England² (living) James A. Reed (businessman), Jeremy Reed (writer)
United Kingdom³ (living) Julia Reed, Kate Reed, Mark Reed (figure skater)
United States²⁶ (living) Adam Reed, Betty Reed, Daniel A Reed, Darrell Reed, Dennis Reed, Edward Reed (artist), Edward Reed (coach), Gary Reed, Jack Reed (Mississippi), John K. Reed, John T. Reed, John Shedd Reed, Lawrence Reed, Lowell Reed, Mike Reed, Pam Reed, Paul Reed (artist), Phil Reed, Ralph Reed (American Express), Sam Reed, Steve Reed (musician), Susan Reed, Thell Reed (Shooter), Tom Reed, Tracy Reed (writer)
United States (living) Raphew Reed Jr (African American)

Compound surnames

Davis-Reed: United States (living) Timothy Davis-Reed

Pseudonyms and aliases

Mexico (1901–1973) Donald Reed, born "Ernesto Avila Guillen", emigrated to the United States
United States

(1907–1977) Alan Reed, born "Teddy Bergman"
(1921–1986) Donna Reed, born "Donnabelle Mullenger"
(1926–1983) B. Mitchel Reed, born "Burton Mitchel Goldberg"
(born 1946) Alaina Reed Hall, sometimes billed as 'Alaina Reed' (African American)
(living) Alto Reed, born "Thomas Neal Cartmell"

Fictional characters

Australian television: Shannon Reed, Curtis Reed (Home and Away)
Japanese anime and manga: Clow Reed
United States literature: Henry Reed (fictional character)
United States television: Curtis Reed, Billie Reed, Austin Reed (fiction), Lauren Reed, Malcolm Reed, Jonathan Reed (African American), Nikki Reed

Reed as a given name

"Reed" is an uncommon male given name. In the United States, 'Reed' fluctuated among ranks of 400^th to 1100^th from 1881 through 2006, showing peaks in 1995 (rank 414) and 1949 (417) and a nadir in 1886 (1079). Information for other countries has insufficient depth to detect use of 'Reed' as a given name.