The Reader Last Name

Many Reader families will find their roots under Reeder, the form most records use. Its meaning, shared with Reeder, is “reed thatcher”.

• In the 2010 US Census, 3,313 Americans gave Reader as their last name (rank 9,780). That puts it inside the top 10,000 US surnames.
• The two spellings differ in a small detail: Reader has “a” where Reeder has “e”.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Rader and Roeder.
• Related forms: Rieder.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Reeder surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. For the full story, order the Reader surname pack.