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ROTHSCHILD	Previous Names
German, Jewish Means "red shield, sign" from the German rot "red" and the German or Yiddish s(c)hild "sign, shield". The surname originally came from a family who took their from a house with a red shield or sign on it. It has since been adopted by unrelated Jews. more...

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