Globally, Read (رايد 
, Read 
, リード 
, among others...) is a common principally boy's, but very infrequently girly first name. The forename Read is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common principally masculine, but scarcely female name, Syria, where it is quite a rare primarily masculine, but very seldom female name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare dominantly masculine, but infrequently feminine name. More frequently, Read is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| رايد | Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon |
| Read | Egypt, Canada, Australia, United States, United Kingdom |
| リード | Japan |
| 里德 | China |
| Рид | Russia |
| ריד | Israel |
Read is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Mister Fantastic , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Maker , the fictional character in Marvel Comics; Knight Watchman , the comics character, Big Bang Comics and Hyperstorm , the fictional character in Marvel Comics.
| collinson read (b. 1751) |
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opie read American journalist, US (b. 1852) |
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| hollis read American missionary and author (b. 1802) |
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| morton a. read American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843) |
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| carveth read British philosopher, GB (b. 1848) |
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| sir alfred henry read (1871-1955) (b. 1871) |
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| buck read American basketball player-coach, US (b. 1880) |
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| conyers read historian, US (b. 1881) |
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| trevett read English footballer (1893-1976), GB (b. 1893) |
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| bess burdine read (1896-1992) (b. 1896) |
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| b. e. read (b. 1887) |
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| allen walker read American linguist, US (b. 1906) |
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| hopper read cricketer (1910-2000), GB (b. 1910) |
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| miss read English novelist, GB (b. 1913) |
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| gardner read American composer (1913-2005), US (b. 1913) |
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