Reidy
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈɹidi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Reidy is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover".
- IEIreland
- AUAustralia
- GBUnited Kingdom
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover".
Sources 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
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)
- Bill Reidyb. 1873USAmerican baseball player
- Peter Reidyb. 1874AUAustralian politician
- Seán Ó Riadab. 1931IEnot in their usual nameIrish composer (1931–1971)
- Carolyn Reidyb. 1949USAmerican executive, head of Simon & Schuster (1949-2020)
- Bernard Reidyb. 1953GBEnglish cricketer (born 1953)
- Gabrielle Reidyb. 1960IEIrish actress (1960-2014)
- Jamie Reidyb. 1970USAmerican journalist
- Pat Reidyb. 1971AUAustralian basketball player (born 1971)
- Sean Reidyb. 1989NZIreland rugby union player
- Mike Reidyb. 1991USAmerican soccer player
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.2K | #7,896 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.2K | #7,388 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4K | #7,916 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.3K | #5,352 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 139 | #8,453 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 29 | #65,962 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 29 | #64,358 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 22 | #23,427 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 10 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 10 | #137,504 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7 | #168,744 |
Reference works 3
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 Reidy mean, and where does it come from?
- Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Riada (“descendant of Riada”), a personal name perhaps meaning "drover". Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- How do you pronounce Reidy?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɹidi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Reidy have the most bearers?
- Reidy is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Reidy?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/reidyThe 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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Reidy”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.