Ash vs Reed

Ash

name
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees. 

  • A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti. 

  • A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064). 

  • Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent 

  • A town and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, England, near Aldershot (OS grid ref SU8950). 

  • A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR2858). 

  • The Egyptian god of oases. 

Reed

name
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 

  • An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Kentucky. 

  • A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 

  • A village and civil parish in North Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3636). 

  • A surname from Old English, a spelling variant of Reid. 

  • A town in Desha County, Arkansas. 

  • An unincorporated community in Freeman, Crawford County, Wisconsin. 

How often have the words Ash and Reed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )