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Type Surname (from location)
Usage English
Other Forms FormsRedding

Meaning & History

Habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Readingas ‘people of Read(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’. Topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Added 10/9/2016 by LMS