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First name origin & meaning:

Old English: From the red ford

First name variations: Redfield, Redgrave, Redman, Redwald, Redd, Red, Redford

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: variant spelling of Reading.
  2. German and Dutch: patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rād ‘counsel’, ‘advice’.

This name appears in the following lists: Rock Kings and Queens