Reid

Reid
Origin
Region of origin	Scotland

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

People with the surname

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) (born 1939), 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
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
Doug Reid (1924–2007), Canadian professional football player
Doug Reid (cricketer) (born 1928), New Zealand cricketer
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; 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,
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
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 Reid (1929–2023), Canadian provincial politician
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 and other content published by Australian publisher The Brag Media
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

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

References

^ "Reid coat of arms, family crest and Reid family history". Irishsurnames.com. Retrieved 2012-04-23.
^ 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

This page lists people with the surname Reid.
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Surnames derived from the color Red

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