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ROT : Variant of ROTH.

ROTH : From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

ROTHBAUER : From Middle High German roten "to clear land" and bur or bure "farmer".

ROTHENBERG : Means "red mountain" from German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain".

ROTHSCHILD : Means "red shield, sign" from German rot "red" and German or Yiddish s(c)hild "sign, shield". The surname originally came from a family who took their...

ROTOLO : Derived from a nickname indicating an old measure. The word rotolu comes from southern Italian dialects, and is derived from the Arabic or Greek langu...

ROUNDS : Means "son of the fat person" from the Middle English and Old French rond, rund.

ROUSSEAU : Diminutive of ROUX. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.

ROUX : Derived from old French rous "red", most likely a nickname for a red-haired person.

ROVIGATTI : From the name of the city of Rovigo near Venice.

ROWAN : Anglicized form of Ó RUADHÁIN.

ROWBOTTOM : Means "dweller in the overgrown valley" from Old English ruh "rough, overgrown" and boðm "valley".

ROWE : Means "dweller by a row of hedges or houses" from Middle English row. Some examples of the name are derived from the medieval name Row, which is eithe...

ROWLAND : Derived from the given name ROLAND.

ROWNTREE : Given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash.

ROXAS : Filipino form of the Spanish ROJAS.

ROY (1) : Variant of REY (1) or REY (2).

ROY (2) : Means "red haired" from the Gaelic ruadh.

ROYCE : Originally derived from the medieval given name Royse, a variant of ROSE.

ROYCESTON : Variant of ROYSTON.

ROYDON : Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill".

ROYER : From the Old French verb, which comes from roye meaning "to furrow with little irrigation trenches". In the Ardennes Mountains it means "to ret or ste...

ROYLE : Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill".

ROYSTON : Originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of Royse". The given name Royse was a medieval variant of ROSE.

RUAN : From Chinese 阮 (ruǎn) which refers to a type of musical instrument, similar to a lute.

RUANE : Anglicized form of Ó RUADHÁIN.

RUBIO : Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red".

RUDASKI : Variant of RUDAWSKI.

RUDAWSKI : Indicated a person who lived near the Rudawa, a river in Poland.

RUGGERI : Derived from the given name RUGGERO.