The reidy Surname

reidy Name Meaning and History

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riada ‘descendant of Riada’ a personal name probably based on a word meaning ‘drover’.
Scottish: variant spelling of Reedie.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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reidy Family Facts

Distribution of reidy Families in the US in 1920

Number of reidy families

98-193

33-97

1-32

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Thread	Author	Replies
List of those searching Reidys in Castleisland Area	@@raymarsh@mninter.net	22
Looking for Ancestors of Reidy, Massachusetts	Meredith	26
Are your Chemung NY Reidys related to my PA/NJ Reidys?	akern2000	5
M. Reidy of Chippewa county, Michigan in 1892	BasketLady420	0
Reddy / Ready/ Roddy Families from Ireland and England	Maggie_Barron	0
Reidy	Grammy525	0
George Carroll Reidy, St. Mary's County/Washington, DC	htksr	2
Elizabeth J. Reidy - Quebec or Ontario	JDCunningham	0
Reidy family of Tiershanahan townland, Ballyheigue	rreadings	0
Reidy from Ballyheigue	ovftimo	8

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