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Rye
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rye
English
<dab!>
+, East Sussex
River +, Yorkshire
+, New York
Alternative forms
surname en Reay
Etymology
As an English surname, variant of en Rea.
Also as an English surname, from the noun en rye.
As a en no - surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from en non rjóðr forest clearing; see the verb non ryðja to clear.
As a en da - surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
The town in England is perhaps derived from en ang riþ river, streamSkeat, W. W. (1901). Notes on English Etymology: Chiefly Reprinted from the Transactions of the Philological Society. Kiribati: Clarendon Press, p. 250 whence also rith; compare en ree.
Proper noun
en small town/and/civil parish in dist/Rother co/East Sussex cc/England OS grid ref TQ9220. Parish map (East Sussex)
en hamlet par/Odiham dist/Hart co/Hampshire cc/England OS grid ref SU7750.
en river co/North Yorkshire cc/England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.
en commune in dept/Jura r/Bourgogne-Franche-Comté c/France.
en number of places c/USA:
en unincorporated community/and/CDP co/Gila County s/Arizona.
en CDP co/Cleveland County s/Arkansas.
en small statutory town co/Pueblo County s/Colorado.
en unincorporated community co/Manatee County s/Florida.
en ghost town co/Adair County s/Missouri.
en town co/Rockingham County s/New Hampshire. TopoZone: Rye, New Hampshire
en coastal suburban city co/Westchester County s/New York. TopoZone: Rye, New York
en large town co/Westchester County s/New York.
en coastal suburb in the shire:Pref/Mornington Peninsula s/Victoria c/Australia.
en.
A nickname of the given name Ryan.
Derived terms
en Rye Brook Rye Park
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Rye is the 8,128th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4,079 individuals. Rye is most common among White (90.39%) individuals.
References
Anagrams
en ery -ery -yer Rey Yer e'ry eyr yer yre
en male given names surnames from common nouns