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Boy · Possibly Old English
Dred
Say it: DRED
Meaning
Uncertain. Possibly a short form of Etheldred (Old English æthel 'noble' and ræd 'counsel').
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Dred Scott, plaintiff in the 1857 Supreme Court case
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
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