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Redding Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Reading the county seat of Berkshire from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’ a byname meaning ‘red’. Irish: from Ó Rodáin ‘descendant of Rodán’ a personal name derived from a diminutive of rod ‘strong lively spirited’. Anglicized forms with other vowels as in Rudden Reddan may be derived from a variant Ó Roidín. Current Anglicized Irish forms usually have a double d. German: patronymic from any of the ancient Germanic personal names with the first element rād ‘counsel advice’. German: habitational name from a place called Reddingen in Lower Saxony. Americanized form of Luxembourgish and German Reding 2 a cognate of 1 above and probably also of French Réding (see Reding ).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Redling, Reding, Reddin, Hedding, Reddix, Reddig, Berding, Leiding

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You can see how Redding families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Redding family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Redding families were found in USA in 1880. In 1911 there were 29 Redding families living in Ontario. This was about 35% of all the recorded Redding's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Redding families in 1911.

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Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Redding life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1943, and highest in 2001. The average life expectancy for Redding in 1942 was 37, and 72 in 2004.

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