Reed


Gender:
Origin: English
726 famous people named Reed found on Wikipedia.
30846 male, 756 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 375-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 317-th in year 2014
Used in: English

Meanings

A male given name, form of Read.

Reed may be either a surname or given name.

"tall, broad-leafed grass growing in wet places," Old English hreod "reed, rush," from Proto-Germanic *kreut- "reed" (source also of Old Saxon hraid, Old Frisian hriad, Middle Dutch ried, Dutch riet, Old High German hriot, German Ried), with no known cognates beyond Germanic. Meaning "musical pipe made from a reed stem" is from late 14c. (reed-pipe is from c. 1300). As part of the mouthpiece of a musical instrument it is attested from 1520s. Meaning "a reed instrument" is from 1838.

Red, red-headed, reeds, cleared land, clearing.

Famous People: 726 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Nikki Reed 1988 Actor, screenwriter
2 Oliver Reed 1938 English actor
3 Donna Reed 1921 American film and television actress
4 La putita que se murió x vieja 1985 American actress
5 Jerry Reed 1937 Country music singer, actor
6 Reed Hastings 1960 Entrepreneur and education philanthropist
7 Ed Reed 1978 American football player, defensive back, safety
8 Natina Reed 1979 Rapper
9 Dizzy Reed 1963 American musician
10 Pamela Reed 1949 American actress
11 Heida Reed 1987 Icelandic actor
12 Patrick Reed 1980 American professional golfer
13 Rocco Reed 1982 American pornographic actor
14 Jillian Rose Reed 1991 American actress
15 Reed Diamond 1967 American actor
16 Jordan Reed 1990 American football player, tight end
17 Peyton Reed 1964 Film director, screenwriter, television director
18 Kasim Reed 1969 American politician, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
19 Willis Reed 1942 American basketball player and coach
20 Kira Reed 1971 Actress
21 Carol Reed 1906 English film director
22 Rex Reed 1938 American film critic
23 Andre Reed 1964 Former professional American football player
24 Alan Reed 1907 Actor
25 Rondi Reed 1952 American actress
26 Jimmy Reed 1925 American blues musician and songwriter
27 Butch Reed 1954 Professional wrestler
28 Kalan Reed 1993
29 Willie Reed 1990 American basketball player
30 Tanoai Reed 1974 American stunt performer
31 Reed Alexander 1994 Actor
32 Maxwell Reed 1919 British actor
33 Ricky Reed Member of Wallpaper
34 Chad Reed 1982 Australian motorcycle racer
35 Reed Timmer 1980 Meteorologist
36 Rodney Reed 1967 American murderer
37 Alyson Reed 1958 American dancer and actress
38 Billie Reed
39 Jarran Reed 1993
40 Addison Reed 1988 Baseball player
41 Brooks Reed 1987 American college football player, professional football player, linebacker
42 Tom Reed 1971 American politician
43 Shannon Reed
44 Ishmael Reed 1938 Writer
45 Dean Reed 1938 Singer, musician, actor, writer, director
46 Lydia Reed 1944 Child actress
47 Tracy Reed 1949 American actress
48 Esther Reed 1978 Convicted American identity thief
49 James F. Reed 1800 Irish businessman
50 Thomas Brackett Reed 1839 U.S. Representative from Maine, and Speaker of the House
51 Shanna Reed 1955 American actress; dancer
52 Brian Reed 1983 Writer
53 Reed Morano 1977 American cinematographer
54 Reed Sorenson 1986 American stock car racing driver
55 Ryan Reed 1993 American racing driver
56 Stanley Forman Reed 1884 American judge
57 A. J. Reed 1993 American baseball player
58 Tatum Reed 1980 American pornographic actress
59 Reed Birney 1954 American actor
60 Julia Reed British television presenter
61 Reed Smoot 1862 United States Senator from Utah
62 Pete Reed 1981 British rower
63 Herb Reed 1928 American singer
64 Lauren Reed
65 Leeroy Reed 1991 British TV personality and recording artist
66 Malcolm Reed Fictional character from Star Trek: Enterprise
67 Jason Reed 1967 Actor
68 Reed Slatkin 1949 Ponzi scheme fraudster
69 Eli "Paperboy" Reed 1983 Soul/Pop singer-songwriter and guitarist
70 Reed Hadley 1911 Actor
71 Reed Johnson 1976 Major League Baseball outfielder in the Miami Marlins organization
72 Ellie Reed
73 Reed Krakoff 1964 American fashion designer
74 Alfred Reed 1921 American classical composer
75 John H. Reed 1921 American politician
76 Alto Reed 1948 American musician
77 Nathaniel Reed 1862 American gunman
78 Stephen R. Reed 1949 American politician
79 H. Owen Reed 1910 American composer
80 John Shepard Reed 1939 American businessman
81 Jake Reed 1967 American football player
82 Austin Reed Fictional character in the soap opera Days of Our Lives
83 Louis Reed 1997 English footballer
84 Josh Reed 1980 American football player, wide receiver
85 Reed Mullin 1959 American heavy metal drummer
86 Lawrence Reed 1953 American economist
87 Ralph E. Reed, Jr. 1961 American political pundit
88 John T. Reed American businessman
89 Phillip Reed 1908 American actor
90 Neil Reed 1975 American basketball coach
91 Preston Reed 1955 American musician
92 Curtis Reed
93 Robert Reed, Lord Reed 1956 British academic
94 Nell Donnelly Reed 1889 American fashion designer
95 Douglas Reed 1895 A British journalist, playwright, novelist and author
96 George Reed 1939 Player of American and Canadian football
97 Chuck Reed 1948 US politician, mayor of San Jose
98 James A. Reed 1963 British businessman
99 Robert Reed 1956 Writer
100 Harper Reed 1978 American entrepreneur
101 Fred Reed 1945 Columnist for The Washington Times
102 Reed Farrel Coleman 1956 American crime fiction writer and poet
103 Sunday Reed 1905 Australian art patron
104 Bruce Reed 1960 American politician
105 Reed Doughty 1982 American football player
106 Courtney Reed
107 Walter Reed 1916 American actor
108 Cody Reed 1993 American professional baseball pitcher
109 Reed St. Mark American drummer
110 Ola Belle Reed 1916 American singer-songwriter
111 Reed Charles O'Connor 1965 United States federal judge
112 James Earl Reed 1958 American murderer
113 David P. Reed 1952 American computer scientist
114 Talbot Baines Reed 1852 English author
115 Reed Erickson 1917 American activist
116 Pam Reed 1961 American ultra marathon runner
117 Reed Kessler 1994 American show jumping competitor
118 Ron Reed 1942 American baseball player
119 Tyrel Reed 1989 American basketball player, Professional Dr. Pepper Drinker
120 Spencer Reed 1983
121 Reed Hundt 1948 American businessman and attorney
122 Frank Reed 1954 American singer
123 Eric Reed 1970 American musician
124 Justin Reed 1982 American basketball player
125 Reed Larson 1956 American ice hockey player
126 David A. Reed 1880 American senator for Pennsylvania
127 Albert Reed 1985 American model
128 Jamie Reed 1987 Welsh professional footballer
129 Debra L. Reed 1957
130 Henry Reed 1914 English poet
131 Reed Cowan 1968 American journalist
132 Cathy Reed 1987 Japanese ice dancer
133 Taylor Reed 1991 American football player
134 Richard Reed 1973 English businessman, investor and entrepreneur
135 Reed Mangels American dietician
136 Elli Reed 1989 Association footballer
137 Kavis Reed 1973 Canadian football coach
138 Irving S. Reed 1923 American mathematician
139 Reed Mathis 1976 American musician
140 Alec Reed 1934 British businessman
141 Kit Reed 1932 American author
142 Rick Reed 1964 American baseball player and coach
143 Les Reed 1952 English footballer and manager
144 Gary Reed 1956 Writer
145 Jody Reed 1962 American baseball player
146 Florence Reed 1883 American stage and film actress
147 Francine Reed 1947 American singer
148 Henry Armstrong Reed 1858 American soldier
149 Trovon Reed 1990
150 John Shelton Reed 1942 American sociologist
151 Reed Crandall 1917 American comic book artist
152 Chris Reed American sport shooter
153 Jack Carlton Reed 1930 Colombian drug smuggler
154 Dave L. Reed 1978 American politician
155 Evelyn Reed 1905 American activist
156 Edward James Reed 1830 British politician
157 Waymon Reed 1940 American musician
158 Charles B. Reed 1941 University system chancellor
159 Reed Irvine 1922 American journalist
160 Reed Cordish 1974
161 Christopher Reed 1972 American politician and businessman
162 Robin Reed 1899 Olympic wrestler
163 Nick Reed 1987 Player of American football
164 Thell Reed Fastest Draw
165 Adam Reed 1991 English footballer, born 1991
166 Barry Reed 1927 American writer and lawyer
167 Myrtle Reed 1874 American novelist and poet
168 Robi Reed American casting director
169 Clarke Reed 1928 Mississippi businessman and Republican politician
170 Allison Reed 1994 Ice dancer
171 Eli Reed 1946 American photographer
172 Daniel A. Reed 1875 American football player, coach and politician
173 Marshall Reed 1917 American actor
174 Jeff Reed 1962 American baseball player
175 Thomas C. Reed 1934 11th Secretary of the Air Force
176 Blind Alfred Reed 1880 American musician
177 Michael Reed 1992 American baseball player
178 Susan Reed 1950 Attorney, judge
179 Andy Reed 1964 British politician
180 J. R. Reed 1982 Player of American football
181 Jeremy Reed 1951 British poet
182 Joe Reed 1948 American football player
183 Lou Reed 1987 Wales rugby player
184 A.C. Reed 1926 American blues saxophonist
185 Lewis E. Reed 1962 American politician
186 Reed Ghazala American musician
187 Cedric Reed 1992
188 Evan Reed 1985 American baseball player
189 David Reed
190 Reed G. Landis 1896 American flying ace
191 John Reed 1901 Australian art patron
192 Reed Howes 1900 Model, actor
193 Paul Reed 1919 American artist
194 Harrison Reed 1813 9th Governor of Florida
195 Joseph Reed 1823 Architect
196 Roland W. Reed 1864 American artist and photographer
197 Brett Reed 1972 American basketball player-coach
198 B. Mitchel Reed 1926 American DJ
199 Davon Reed 1995
200 Jack Reed 1933 American baseball player