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| Meaning of "Reed" and "Radford" |
| New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith, 1973 Reed: red haired or ruddy person; one who came from Reed (reedy or rough growth,) in Hertfordshire Radford: one who came from Radford (red ford,) the name of several places in England German-American Names by George F. Jones, 1990 Reed: reed, marshland The Penguin Dictionary of Surnames by Basil Cottle, 1967 Reed: red (-faced/ -haired); reed-bed Radford: red (color of nearby soil)/road/riding (one that can be passed through on horseback/?reedy ford) |
