Reid

For other uses, see Reid (disambiguation).

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Region of origin| Scotland

Reid is a surname of Scottish origin.[1] It means "red".[2]

## People with the surname

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* Alec Cunningham-Reid (1895–1977), British politician
* Alan Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alex Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alexander Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Alexandra Reid (born 1992), American singer
* Amanda Reid (born 1996), Australian Paralympic athlete
* Amanda Reid (taxonomist), Australian biologist
* Amy Sanderson née Reid (1876–1931), Scottish suffragette
* Andrew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andy Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Andy Reid (born 1958), American professional football coach
* Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
* Anne Cooke Reid (1907–1997), African American stage director and academic
* Anthony Reid (born 1957), British racing driver
* Anthony Reid (academic) (1939–2025), New Zealand-born Australian historian of Southeast Asia
* Antonio Reid (born 1956), American record executive
* Arizona Reid (born 1986), American international basketball player
* Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
* Bevis Reid (1919–1997), British athlete
* Billy Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
* Bruce Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
* Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan cricketer
* Cameron Reid (born 2007), Canadian ice hockey player
* Carl Reid (born 1950), Canadian Roman Catholic priest
* Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
* Carolynn Reid-Wallace (born 1942), American academic administrator
* Catherine Reid, New Zealand paleontologist
* Charles Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Charlie Reid (disambiguation) multiple people
* Charlie and Craig Reid, members of The Proclaimers
* Chris Reid (born 1971), Scottish footballer
* Christopher Reid (born 1949), British poet, essayist and writer
* Christopher Reid (entertainer) (born 1964), aka "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
* Christopher Reid (swimmer) (born 1996), South African competitor 2016 Olympics
* Clarence Reid (1939–2016), American musician, songwriter, and record producer, also known as Blowfly
* Cliff Reid (1891–1959), American film producer
* Constance Reid (1918–2010), mathematical author
* Cornelius L. Reid (1911–2008), American voice teacher and writer on singing
* Dallas Reid (born 1993), American voice actor
* Daniel G. Reid (1858 – 1925), American industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
* Damion Reid (born 1979), American drummer
* Daphne Reid (born 1948), American actress
* Darren Reid (born 1983), Canadian ice hockey player
* David Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Derek Reid (1927–2006), British mycologist
* Desmond Reid (born 2004), American football player
* Don Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Douglas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
* Duncan Reid (born 1989), Hong Kong basketball player
* Ebenezer Emmet Reid (1872–1973), American chemist
* Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
* Eliza Reid (born 1976), Canadian-born writer and editor; First Lady of Iceland
* Elliott Reid (1920–2013), American actor
* Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
* Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
* Elizabeth Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Fiona Reid (born 1951), Canadian actress
* Forrest Reid (1875–1947), British novelist
* Frances Reid (1914–2010), American daytime television actress
* Francis Reid (1900–1970), British army officer
* Frank Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Geordie Reid (1882–1960), Scottish footballer
* George Reid (disambiguation)
* George Reid (1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
* Gordon Reid (disambiguation) multiple people,
* Guy Reid (1897–1917), British World War I flying ace
* Guy Jocelyn Reid (born 1963), British sculptor
* Harry Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Harry Reid (1939–2021), American politician
* Hayden Reid (born 1978), New Zealand pastor and former rugby union player
* Helen Rogers Reid (1882–1970), American publisher
* Henry Reid, UCLA employee involved in human tissue scandal
* Hugo Reid (1809–1852), Scottish-born early California settler
* Iain Reid (born c. 1980), Canadian writer
* James Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jamie Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jamie Reid (1947–2023), British artist and anarchist
* Janice Reid (born 1947), Australian academic and medical anthropologist
* Jayden Reid (born 2001), English professional footballer
* Jayden Reid (soccer) (born 2001), American soccer player
* Jen Reid, subject of Mark Quinn's sculpture A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020
* Jim Reid (born 1961), musician, lead singer of The Jesus and Mary Chain
* Joani Reid, Scottish politician
* Joanne Reid (born 1992), American biathlete
* John Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan, British politician
* Joseph L. Reid (1923–2015), American oceanographer
* Joy Reid (born 1968), American television journalist
* Justin Reid (born 1997), American football player
* Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
* Laurie Reid (born 1964), American artist
* Lawrence A. Reid, American linguist
* Linda Reid (born 1959), Canadian politician
* Lucien Reid (born 1993), British boxer
* Lydia Reid, American politician
* Lydia Reid (activist) (c. 1949–2023), activist for families with children who died as infants
* Mabel Reid (died 1969), American Samoan politician
* Malcolm Reid (1857–1933), timber merchant and furniture retailer in South Australia
* Marcella Althaus-Reid (1952–2009), Argentine educator
* Margaret Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Marion Kirkland Reid (1815–1902), Scottish feminist writer
* Marion Reid (1929–2023), Canadian provincial politician
* Marion Reid (scientist), British immunohaematologist
* Matthew Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), British children's writer
* Michael Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Mike Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
* Nancy Reid (born 1952), Canadian Theoretical Statististician
* Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player
* Neil Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Nicholas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), American publisher
* Ogden Rogers Reid (1925–2019), American diplomat and politician
* Patrick Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
* Pierre Reid (1948–2021), Canadian politician
* Poppy Reid, editor-in-chief of The Music Network
* Rebecca Reid, British actress
* Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
* Richard Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Richard Reid (born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
* Riley Reid (born 1991), American pornographic actress
* Robert Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
* Robert James Reid (born 1993), Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter, actor, dancer, model, record producer and record label executive
* Robert Reid (painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
* Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, British Liberal politician
* Ross Reid, multiple people
* Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
* Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
* Sally Reid, Scottish actress
* Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student and manslaughter victim
* Samuel Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Scott Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Sean Reid-Foley (born 1995), American baseball player
* Sophia Reid-Gantzert (born 2010), Canadian actress and dancer
* Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
* Stefen Reid (born 1972), Canadian football player
* Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
* Storm Reid (born 2003), US-American actor
* Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
* Susan Reid, birth name of Hilda Koronel (born 1957), Filipino actress
* Susanna Reid (born 1970), English journalist and television presenter
* Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
* Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
* Thomas Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* T.R. Reid, American journalist and author
* Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
* Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
* Tim Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
* Tim Reid (politician) (born 1936) Canadian politician
* Trevor Reid (1908–1965), English actor
* Trevor Reid (gridiron football) (born 2000), American football player
* Vernon Reid (born 1958), guitarist of the band Living Colour
* Victor Stafford Reid (1913–1987), Jamaican writer
* Virginia Reid (1916–1955), first stage name of actress better known as Lynne Carver
* Wallace Reid (1891–1923), silent film actor
* William Reid (disambiguation), multiple people
* Whitelaw Reid (1837–1912), American diplomat, politician, and journalist
* Whitelaw Reid (journalist) (1913–2009), American journalist and publisher
* Wilfrid Thomas Reid (1887–1968), English aircraft designer and Canadian aviation pioneer

## Fictional characters

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* Ashleigh Reid, a playable character known as Ash in Apex Legends
* Britt Reid, secret identity of the Green Hornet
* Elliot Reid, a character on the TV show Scrubs
* Emma Reid, a character on the British soap opera Doctors
* F. X. Reid, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
* Fergus Reid, a character in multiple titles in the Wolfenstein video game series
* John Reid, better known as the Lone Ranger
* Jonathan Reid, a character in the Vampyr video game
* Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show Criminal Minds
* Diana Reid, his mother
* William Reid, his father

## See also

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* Reed (name)
* Reid (disambiguation)
* Reidy
* Riedy

## References

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1. ^ "Reid coat of arms, family crest and Reid family history". Irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
2. ^ Sims, Clifford Stanley (1862). The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames. With a Vocabulary of Christian Names. Albany, New York: J. Munsell. p. 88. OCLC 1060940902 – via Internet Archive.

Surname list

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Surnames derived from the color Red

English|

* Read
* Reed
* Reid

German/Yiddish|

* Roth
* Rothe
* Rother

Other Germanic|

* Rood
* Roode
* De Roode

Hungarian|

* Vörös

Romance|

* Rojas
* Rojo
* Rossi
* Rosso
* Roșu
* Russo

Slavic|

* Krasny

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