Reidhead meaning | Last name Reidhead origin

Surname is the derivation of Read. Red, and perhaps sometimes Wood. Provencial Reid means "a very small wood".

Reidhead is derivation of Reed. The red-haired or ruddy person; one who came from Reed, i.e., reedy or rough growth, in Hertfordshire.

The family name Reidhead is an adaptation of Read. The ruddy or red-haired man; one who came from Read, i.e., roe headland, in Lancashire.

Family name Reidhead is an adaptation of the Redd. The red-haired or ruddy person.

The derivation of Read. Reed and ReidRed. See - 1. Red-allusive to complexion or dress, probably the former. This is a common medieval spelling. "What be tokeneth it whan the sonne gothe downe reed?" Maundevile says of the Red Sea: 'that see is not more reed than another see.' 2. Reed, a parish in Hertfordshire; Reede, another in Suffolk. The Reeds of Cragg, county of Northumber land, probably took their name from Redes dale, in which they have been immemorially located, or rather from the river which gives name to that dale. On a mural monument in Elsdon church, erected in the year 1758, to the memory of Elrington Reed, the family are statedto have been resident in Redesdale for more than nine hundred years. This Sir Walter Scott calls an "incredible space" of time, and so it is; though the high antiquity of the family is unquestionable. See notes to Rokeby.

In the Hundred Rolls, Le Red, and La Red, are very common, as descriptive surnames, for both sexes.

The Reidhead is a modification of Reed. 1. Red-allusive to complexion or dress, probably the former. This is a common medieval spelling. "What be tokeneth it whan the sonne gothe downe reed?" Maundevile says of the Red Sea: 'that see is not more reed than another see.' 2. Reed, a parish in Hertfordshire; Reede, another in Suffolk. The Reeds of Cragg, county of Northumber land, probably took their name from Redes dale, in which they have been immemorially located, or rather from the river which gives name to that dale. On a mural monument in Elsdon church, erected in the year 1758, to the memory of Elrington Reed, the family are statedto have been resident in Redesdale for more than nine hundred years. This Sir Walter Scott calls an "incredible space" of time, and so it is; though the high antiquity of the family is unquestionable. See notes to Rokeby.

In the Hundred Rolls, Le Red, and La Red, are very common, as descriptive surnames, for both sexes.

Derivation of the Reid. ReedAn old northern pronunciation of red. See - 1. Red-allusive to complexion or dress, probably the former. This is a common medieval spelling. "What be tokeneth it whan the sonne gothe downe reed?" Maundevile says of the Red Sea: 'that see is not more reed than another see.' 2. Reed, a parish in Hertfordshire; Reede, another in Suffolk. The Reeds of Cragg, county of Northumber land, probably took their name from Redes dale, in which they have been immemorially located, or rather from the river which gives name to that dale. On a mural monument in Elsdon church, erected in the year 1758, to the memory of Elrington Reed, the family are statedto have been resident in Redesdale for more than nine hundred years. This Sir Walter Scott calls an "incredible space" of time, and so it is; though the high antiquity of the family is unquestionable. See notes to Rokeby.

In the Hundred Rolls, Le Red, and La Red, are very common, as descriptive surnames, for both sexes.