In the world, リード (Reed 
, Reid , Read , among others...) is a common primarily masculine, but scarcely female first name. The given name リード is characteristic of the United States, where it is quite a rare masculine name, Syria, where it is quite a rare largely boy's, but uncommonly girly name, and Iraq, where it is quite a rare epicene name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Iraq. More prevalently, リード is the last name as well as the forename.
リード 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; Hyperstorm , the fictional character in Marvel Comics and Reed Richards , the 2005-2007 Fantastic Four film series character, among other works.