Reedy
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Reedy is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Full of, or edged with, reeds.
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 28K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 31K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 385 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈66,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Full of, or edged with, reeds.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Reedy 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈66,000 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Reedy | 4 |
| US United States | — | 11,884 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Reedy | 385 |
| KP North Korea | #548 | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.9K | — | Reedy | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 31K | 190 | Reedy | 92 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 55K | — | Reedy | 24 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈370 est. | ≈1 in 17K | — | Reedy | 5 |
| NZ New Zealand | #481 | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Reedy | 50 |
| DK Denmark | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 26K | — | Reedy | 2 |
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 — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- George Reedyb. 1917USWhite House Press Secretary (1917-1999)
- Jeremiah Reedyb. 1934USAmerican classical philologist (1934-)
- Tamati Reedyb. 1936NZNew Zealand Māori academic
- Edward K. Reedyb. 1940USDirector of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1998 to 2003
- Paul Reedyb. 1961AUAustralian rower
- Brian M. T. Reedyb. 1973USAmerican chemist, philosopher and theologian (1973-)
- Jessica Reedyb. 1988USAmerican singer
- Bernard Reedyb. 1991USAmerican football player
- Pierre Reedyb. 1998USAmerican soccer player (born 1998)
- Patricia J. GordonUSnot in their usual nameAmerican botanist (1981 - )
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 12K | #3,017 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 12K | #2,851 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 11K | #3,144 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 190 | #22,032 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Reedy mean, and where does it come from?
- Full of, or edged with, reeds. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Reedy have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 66 thousand people named Reedy in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled reedy.
- How common is the name Reedy?
- In the United States, the national register counted 11,884 people named Reedy in 2010, about 1 in 28 thousand residents.
- How common is Reedy compared with other names?
- In New Zealand, Reedy is the 481st most common surname of 87,225 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reedyThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Reedy” — the 481st most common surname in New Zealand. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.