Reid

Reid is a surname of Scottish origin.[2] It is the 45th most common surname in the UK.[1] It means "red."[3]

For other uses, see Reid (disambiguation).

Reid

Origin
Region of origin	Scotland
Frequency Comparisons:[1]

People with the surname

• Alan Reid (disambiguation)
• Alex Reid (disambiguation), includes Alexander Reid
• Andy Reid (disambiguation), includes Andrew Reid
• Angella Reid, White House Chief Usher
• Anthony Reid (academic), historian of Southeast Asia
• Antonio Reid, record executive
• Beverly W. Reid (1917–1942), United States Navy officer, pilot, and Navy Cross recipient
• Bevis Reid (1919–1997), British athlete
• Billy Reid (disambiguation)
• Brandon Reid (born 1981), ice hockey player for the Vancouver Canucks
• Bruce Reid (born 1963), Australian cricketer
• Buddy Reid (born 1940), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Carl Reid, Canadian Roman Catholic priest
• Carolyn Reid (born 1972), English field hockey goalkeeper
• Charles Reid (disambiguation)
• Charlie Reid (disambiguation)
• 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), aka "Kid" Reid, American actor and rapper
• Christopher Reid (swimmer) (born 1996), South African competitor 2016 Olympics
• 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
• Damion Reid (born 1979), American drummer
• Daphne Reid, American actress
• David Reid (disambiguation)
• Derek Reid (1927–2006), British mycologist
• Don Reid (disambiguation)
• Duke Reid (1915–1975), Jamaican record producer
• Duncan Reid (born 1989), Hong Kong basketball player
• Edward Waymouth Reid (1862–1948), British physiologist
• Eliza Reid (born 1976), Canadian-born writer and editor; as of August 2016, the First Lady of Iceland
• Ellis Vair Reid (1889–1917), Canadian World War I pilot
• Escott Reid (1905–1999), Canadian public servant and diplomat
• Elizabeth Reid (disambiguation)
• Elizabeth Jesser Reid (1789–1866), British social reformer and founder of Bedford College
• 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 H. Reid (1844 or 1850–1898), American soldier, teacher, engineer, and surveyor
• Frank Reid (disambiguation)
• Geordie Reid, Scottish footballer
• George Reid (disambiguation)
• George Reid (Australian politician) (1845–1918), fourth Prime Minister of Australia
• George Reid (Scottish politician) (born 1939), Scottish politician
• George Croghan Reid (1876–1961), American Medal of Honor recipient
• Gordon Reid (disambiguation)
• Gordon Reid (actor) (1939–2003), Scottish actor
• Gordon Reid (governor) (1923–1989), former Governor of Western Australia
• Harry Reid (born 1939), Nevada Senator and Senate Minority Leader
• Harry Reid (disambiguation)
• Harry Fielding Reid (1859–1944), American geophysicist
• 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
• J. S. Reid James Smith Reid (c. 1848–1922) Australian newspaper, mining and railways businessman
• James Reid (disambiguation)
• Jamie Reid (born 1947), British artist and anarchist
• Jamie Reid (disambiguation) other people
• Janice Reid (born 1947), Australian academic and medical anthropologist
• 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
• 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
• Justin Reid (born 1997), American football player
• Kerry Reid (born 1947), Australian tennis player
• Linda Reid (born 1959), Canadian politician
• Lucien Reid (born 1993), British boxer
• Lydia Reid, American politician
• Lydia Reid (activist), activist for families with children who died as infants
• Malcolm Reid (1857–1933), timber merchant and furniture retailer in South Australia
• Margaret Reid (disambiguation)
• Marion Reid (born 1929), Canadian provincial politician
• Matt Reid (baseball), American college baseball coach
• Matthew Reid (disambiguation)
• Meta Mayne Reid (1905–1991), British children's writer
• Mike Reid (disambiguation) includes Michael Reid
• Mike Reid (actor) (1940–2007), British actor and comedian
• Mike Reid (golfer) (born 1954), Canadian golfer
• Miles Reid (born 1948), mathematician
• Naz Reid (born 1999), American basketball player
• Neil E. Reid (1871–1956), American jurist
• Ogden Mills Reid (1882–1947), American publisher
• Ogden Rogers Reid (1925–2019), American diplomat and politician
• Patrick Reid (disambiguation)
• Peter Reid (born 1956), English football manager
• Peter Reid (born 1946), English Schoolteacher
• Pierre Reid (born 1948), Canadian politician
• Rebecca Reid, British actress
• Reuben Reid (born 1988), British football (soccer) player
• Richard Reid (born 1973), British jihadist best known as the "shoe bomber"
• Richard Reid (disambiguation) includes Richie Reid
• Riley Reid (born 1991), American pornographic actress
• Robert Reid (disambiguation)
• Robert Gillespie Reid (1842–1908), Scottish railway contractor
• Robert James Reid (born 1931), a famous American lineman
• Robert Reid (painter) (1862–1929), American impressionist painter
• Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn, Liberal politician in the United Kingdom
• Ross Reid (born 1952), Canadian politician
• Ross T. Reid (1832–1915), Australian pastoralist
• Rufus Reid (born 1944), American jazz bassist and educator
• Russell Reid, British psychiatrist
• Samantha Reid (1984–1999), American high school student who died of drug overdose
• Samuel Reid (disambiguation)
• Scott Reid (political advisor), advisor to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin
• Scott Reid (politician) (born 1964), Conservative Party of Canada MP
• Sean Reid-Foley, American baseball player
• Squire Reid (1887–1949), Australian politician
• Stefen Reid (born 1972), Canadian football player
• Steven Reid (born 1981), Irish football (soccer) player
• Sue Reid (born 1970), Canadian field hockey player
• Susanna Reid (born 1970), English journalist and television presenter
• T.R. Reid, American journalist, author and documentary film correspondent
• Tara Reid (born 1975), American actress
• Tasha Reid (born 1981), Korean rapper
• Thomas Reid (1710–1796), Scottish common-sense philosopher
• Thomas Reid (disambiguation)
• Thomas Mayne Reid (1818–1883), Irish-American novelist
• Tim Reid (born 1944), American actor and film director
• Tim Reid (politician) (born 1936) Canadian politician
• 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)
• 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

• Britt Reid, secret identity of the Green Hornet
• Elliot Reid a character on the TV show Scrubs
• F. X. Reid, pseudonym used by a British computer science writer
• John Reid, better known as the Lone Ranger
• Dr. Spencer Reid, a character on the TV show Criminal Minds
• Dr. Jonathan Reid, a character in the Vampyr video game
• Fergus Reid, a character in multiple titles in the Wolfenstein video game series, voice acted by Gideon Emery

Other uses

• Reid Cameras, manufactured by Reid and Sigrist from 1951 to 1964

References

1. "Reid Surname Meaning and Geographic Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 19 January 2014
2. "Reid coat of arms, family crest and Reid family history". Irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
3. 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.