Reah
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɹɛə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reah is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Durham. from Riabhach, which MacLysaght describes as an adjectival surname (meaning ‘grey’ or ‘brindled’) that ‘took the place of an hereditary one’.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 894K
- IDIndonesia≈1 in 74K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 158 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Main GB Location (1881): Durham. from Riabhach, which MacLysaght describes as an adjectival surname (meaning ‘grey’ or ‘brindled’) that ‘took the place of an hereditary one’.
Sources 1
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈5,000 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Reah | 59 |
| ID Indonesia | ≈3,600 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Reah | 7 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈560 est. | ≈1 in 104K | — | Reah | 5 |
| US United States | 372 | 1 in 894K | 365 | Reah | 158 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 379K | — | Reah | 9 |
| QA Qatar | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Reah | 4 |
| GY Guyana | 7 | 1 in 107K | 7 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Reah is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Khmer, \ to radiate, to shine (usu p . ally of the sun or moon). Ex,: 1 The moon rises. (= Ex.: -i ^ h e moon shines. 2. p. to write the period symbol 1. JSCUjo (= 9CU1CUJS) to write 1. 3. p. to beat or to hit something in many places or spots; to sweep. 4. p. to please both sides. 5. p. to scurry about in the
as a wordHeadley, Cambodian-English Dictionary, Volume II (ម-អ)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 12 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 365 | #25,481 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1923 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1922 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1920 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1919 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 10 | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Reah mean, and where does it come from?
- Main GB Location (1881): Durham. from Riabhach, which MacLysaght describes as an adjectival surname (meaning ‘grey’ or ‘brindled’) that ‘took the place of an hereditary one’. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
- How do you pronounce Reah?
- A machine transcription gives /ɹɛə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Reah a male or female name?
- Reah is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Reah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.0 thousand people named Reah in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reah.
- How common is the name Reah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 372 people named Reah in 2020, about 1 in 894 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reahThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reah”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.