Meaning and background
The story behind Redding
Redding has English and Irish surname explanations. The English route comes from Reading in Berkshire, whose older name identifies the people of a person nicknamed red. The Irish route represents Ó Rodáin, descendant of Rodán, with a proposed strong or spirited personal-name element. These histories concern different communities and earlier names. The same written surname should therefore retain its geographical or Gaelic context before receiving one selected meaning.
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- Redding has English and Irish surname explanations. Source
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About Redding
Recorded as a dog’s name
Redding appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2023 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/ɹɛdɪŋ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/ɹɛdɪŋ/ · primary stress on syllable 1R EH1 D IH0 NG
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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