the etymology and history of surnames
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the etymology and history of surnames
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| Rademacher |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Rademaker |
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Usage: Dutch, German
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| From the old occupation of rademaker; the person who made raden (singular rad). Rad is the old Dutch word for "wheel". |
| Rademakers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Radev |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Rade", Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radomir, or any other name beginning with rad. |
| Radic |
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Usage: Serbian, Croatian
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| A partonymic derived from the given name Rade, Rade being a pet form of Radoslav, Radovan or any other name beginning with rad. |
| Radkov |
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Usage: Bulgarian
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| Means "son of Radko". |
| Ragno |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname meaning "spider". |
| Ragnvaldsson |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "son of Ragnvald". |
| Raimondi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the given name Raimondo. |
| Raines |
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Usage: English
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| Means either "from Rayne (Essex), England" or "from Rennes, France". |
| Rains |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Raines. |
| Rais |
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Usage: Italian
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| An occupational surname indicating the ràis, the fisherman who directed the fishing. The surname is typical of Sicily and Sardinia and probably has Arabian origins. |
| Rake |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller on a narrow pass or hillside" from the Old English hraca. |
| Rakes |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Rake. |
| Ralston |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Means "from Ralston, Scotland". |
| Ramaaker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademakers. |
| Ramaker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Ramakers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Ramecker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Rameckers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rademaker. |
| Ramires |
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Usage: Spanish
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| A variant spelling of Ramirez. |
| Ramirez |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "son of Ramiro" in Spanish. |
| Ramos |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "dweller in a thickly wooded area" from the Latin ramus. This surname could also refer to someone connected with Palm Sunday in some way (French dimanche des rameaux). |
| Ramsay |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Variant of Ramsey. |
| Ramsey |
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Usage: Scottish, English
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| Literally means "garlic island", derived from Old English hramseon "garlic" and eg "island". |
| Rana |
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Usage: Italian, Spanish
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| Means "frog" in Italian and Spanish. It is a from the region of Bari and Puglia. The surname exists also in Spain and South America but apparently is not very common. |
| Randall |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the given name Randall. |
| Randrup |
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Usage: Danish
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| Of Danish origin, although you may find some Randrup's connected to Germany or Shleswig Holstein due to the changes in borders and land ownership. Once found in the variation Frandrup which was of German origin. Most likely derived from geographical location or possibly from homestead/farm of Randrup. |
| Raneri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the Italian personal name Raniero. |
| Ranta |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Means "dweller by the shore" from the Finnish ranta. |
| Rao |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the first name Rollo. |
| Rapallino |
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Usage: Italian
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| A surname from the area of Genoa with a locative origin from the town of Rapallo. |
| Rapp (1) |
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Usage: Swedish
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| Means "quick, prompt" from the Swedish rapp, one of the names adopted by soldiers in the 17th Century. |
| Rapp (2) |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Means "dark haired" or "raven-like". |
| Raptis |
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Usage: Greek
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| Means "tailor" in Greek. |
| Rask |
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Usage: Danish
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| Means "healthy", "energetic", "speedy" in Danish. |
| Raske |
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Usage: Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian
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| Variant of Rask, used in Germany and the Netherlands. |
| Raskob |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Raskoph. |
| Raskop |
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Usage: German
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| Variant of Raskoph. |
| Raskoph |
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Usage: German
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| From a nickname meaning "hot head". Occurs in the northern Eifel region in Rheinland. |
| Rasmussen |
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Usage: Danish, Norwegian
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| Means "son of Rasmus". |
| Ratti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "rat", denoting a sly individual. |
| Rattray |
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Usage: Scottish
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| From a place name meaning fortress town. Gealic rath "fortress" + Welsh tref "town". |
| Rautio |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Means "smith" in Finnish, old form, mentioned in the Kalevala. There is also a town called Rautio. |
| Ravenna |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the important city of Ravenna, near Bologna, in northern Italy. |
| Ray (1) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "kingly" from the Old French rey, roy or it can mean "female roe deer" from the Middle English ray which would have denoted a timid, nervous person. |
| Ray (2) |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Rye (1), Rye (2) or Wray. |
| Rayne |
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Usage: English
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| Means "a division" in Old English. The surname could also be taken from the French word reine, which means "queen". |
| Raynerson |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of Rayner". |
| Ré |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis, denoting a person who acted like a king. |
| Read (1) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "red" from the Middle English re(a)d, probably denoting a person with red hair or complexion. |
| Read (2) |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| Means "dweller in a clearing in woodland" from the Old English ried, ryd. Also denotes a person hailing from one of the many place names in England of similar names. |
| Readdie |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Ready (1). |
| Ready (1) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "prepared, prompt" from the Middle English readi. |
| Ready (2) |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Means "from Reedie, Scotland". |
| Ready (3) |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of Ó Rodagh. |
| Reagan (1) |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin. |
| Reece |
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Usage: Welsh
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| Derived from the first name Rhys. |
| Reed |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reid (1) or Reid (2). |
| Reenberg |
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Usage: Danish
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| Composed / Derived by the surname Renior. |
| Rees |
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Usage: Welsh
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| Derived from the first name Rhys. |
| Reeve |
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Usage: English
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| Occupational name for a sheriff, from Middle English reeve. |
| Regan |
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Usage: Irish
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| Anglicized form of Ó Ríagáin. |
| Regenbogen |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| From the German word meaning "rainbow". |
| Reha |
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Usage: Czech
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Rehor, Rehor being the Czech form of Gregory. |
| Reid (1) |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| From a nickname meaning "red faced/haired" (Old English read). |
| Reid (2) |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| Derived from a place name meaning "roe headland" in Old English. |
| Reier |
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Usage: English, German
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| Variant of Royer. |
| Reiher |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Royer. |
| Reijnder |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Reinder. |
| Reijnders |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Reinder. |
| Reilly |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of the Gaelic given name Raghilleach which is of unknown origin, possibly "right arm". |
| Reinder |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Derived from the Frisian given name Reinder, which is a form of the Dutch given name Reinier. Reinier is the Dutch variant of Rayner. |
| Reinders |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Reinder. |
| Reis |
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Usage: Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Ornamental name from German Reis, meaning "twig" or "branch". |
| Reiter |
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Usage: German
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Reuter (1). |
| Renaud |
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Usage: French
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| From the given name Renaud. |
| Rendón |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Derived from the Spanish phrase de rendon "brave". |
| Rennell |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reynolds. |
| Rennold |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reynolds. |
| Rennoll |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reynolds. |
| Resnik |
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Usage: Slovene
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| A topographic name, derived from resa "heather" or else from a type of barley. |
| Rettig |
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Usage: German
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| Derived from Middle Low German redik for "radish". Therefore occupational, and applied to greengrocers. |
| Reuter (1) |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Means "dweller in a clearing" or "clearer of woodland" from the Middle High German riute. |
| Reuter (2) |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "highwayman" from the Middle High German riutœre. |
| Revie |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reeve. |
| Rey (1) |
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Usage: English, Spanish, French, Catalan
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| Means "king" from the Latin rex, regis. Denoting someone who acted like a king perhaps. |
| Rey (2) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "female roe deer" from the Old English rœge and probably denoted someone of a nervous temperament. |
| Reyer |
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Usage: French
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Royer. |
| Reynder |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Reinder. |
| Reynders |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Reinder. |
| Reynell |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Reynolds. |
| Reynolds |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the given name Reynold. |
| Reznicek |
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Usage: Czech
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| A diminutive of reznik "butcher". |
| Rezník |
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Usage: Czech, Slovak
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| Means "butcher" in Czech and Slovak. |
| Rhee |
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Usage: Korean
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Lee (3). |
| Rhydderch |
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Usage: Welsh
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| From the first name Rhydderch. A famous bearer of this name is harpist Llio Rhydderch. |
| Ribeiro |
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Usage: Portuguese
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| Means "little river" or "stream", derived from the Portuguese word ribeira. It has been held by many Portuguese generals and soldiers. |
| Riber |
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Usage: Danish
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| Name for someone who came from the county or town of Ribe in southwestern Denmark. |
| Ricchetti |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Ricci. |
| Ricci |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From Italian ricco "curly", a nickname for someone with curly hair. |
| Rice |
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Usage: English, Welsh, Irish
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| Anglicized version of the first name Rhys. Variant of Rees. |
| Richard |
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Usage: English, French, German, Dutch
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| From the given name Richard. |
| Richards |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the given name Richard. |
| Richardson |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of Richard". |
| Richelieu |
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Usage: French
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| Means "the home of a rich person" in French, from the elements riche wealthy and lieu place. The historic figure Cardinal Richelieu was named such for his family estates. Due to the Cardinal's villainous protrayal in Alexander Dumas' 'The Three Musketeers', the name Richelieu is now associated with political intrigue and ambition. |
| Richter |
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Usage: German
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| From Middle High German rihtære meaning "judge". |
| Rickard |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Richard. |
| Rider |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Ryder. |
| Ridley |
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Usage: English
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| Denotes a person who hailed from one of the various places in England with that name. |
| Rier |
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Usage: English, German
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| Variant of Royer. |
| Riese |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Means "giant" from German Riese. |
| Rietveld |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Literally means "reed field", from Dutch riet "reed" and veld "field". Found mostly in the western part of the Netherlands (the Holland area). |
| Rigby |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally derived from a place name meaning "ridge farm" in Old Norse. |
| Riggi |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city Reggio of Calabria. |
| Righi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Arrigo (see Arrighi). |
| Rigó |
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Usage: Hungarian
Extra: Statistics |
| From rigó, a word that means "blackbird" in Hungarian. |
| Rijnder |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Reinder. |
| Rijnders |
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Usage: Dutch, Frisian
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| Variant of Rijnder. |
| Riley |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye clearing" in Old English. |
| Rimmer |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "poet" from the Middle English rime(n). |
| Rinaldi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the first name Rinaldo. |
| Rinne (1) |
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Usage: Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Anglicized form of Ó Rinn. |
| Rinne (2) |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Means "hillside" from the Finnish rinne. |
| Rios |
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Usage: Portuguese, Spanish
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| It was a form of description for a person who lived near a river, from Portuguese/Spanish rios "river'. |
| Ritter |
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Usage: German
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| From the German word ritter meaning "rider, knight", a cognate of Ryder. |
| Riva |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "dweller by a river, lake" from the Latin ripa. |
| Rivera |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Topographic name for a person who lived on a riverbank. |
| Rivero |
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Usage: Spanish
Extra: Statistics |
| Spanish form of Ribeiro. |
| Rizzo |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Ricci. |
| Roach |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller by the rocks" from the Middle English and Old French roche. Some instances of this surname could denote a person coming from Les Roches (Seine-Maritime), France. |
| Robbins |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Robin. |
| Robert |
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Usage: French, English, Dutch
Extra: Statistics |
| From the given name Robert. |
| Roberts |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Robert. |
| Robertsen |
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Usage: Danish
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| Means "son of Robert". |
| Robertson |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| Means "son of Robert". |
| Robertsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Icelandic, Swedish
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| Means "son of Robert". |
| Robinson |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of Robin". |
| Robledo |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "oak wood" from Spanish roble "oak". |
| Robles |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "dweller by the oak tree/forest" from the Spanish roble which in turn was derived from the Latin robur. |
| Robustelli |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a nickname inticating a strong person from the Italian word robusto "strong". |
| Rocca |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Locative surname from the name of several places called Rocca spread around Italy. |
| Rocchi |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Rocco. |
| Rocco |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the first name Rocco. |
| Rocha |
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Usage: Portuguese, Galician
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| Habitational name for any one place named Rocha, from the Portuguese and Galician rocha ‘rock’ or ‘cliff’. |
| Roche |
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Usage: French, Irish
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Roach. |
| Roderick |
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Usage: English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Roderick. |
| Rodrigues |
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Usage: Portuguese
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| Means "son of Rodrigo" in Portuguese. |
| Rodriguez |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "son of Rodrigo" in Spanish. |
| Róg |
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Usage: Polish
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| Derived from rog "animal horn". |
| Rogers |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the given name Roger. |
| Rogerson |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of Roger". |
| Roggeveen |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Means "rye field" in Dutch. A famous bearer was Jacob Roggeveen, the explorer who discovered Easter Island. |
| Roig |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Means "red (haired, complexioned)" from the Latin rubeus. |
| Roijacker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Roijackers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Roijakker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Roijakkers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Rojas |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "red" in relation to the complexion or hair from the Spanish rojo. |
| Rojo |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "red" in relation to their hair or complexion from the Spanish rojo. |
| Roldán |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Derived from the personal name Roldán. |
| Rollins |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of little Roland". |
| Rolvsson |
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Usage: Norwegian
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| Means "son of Rolf". |
| Roma (1) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Roma (2) |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Romà (1) |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Romà (2) |
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Usage: Catalan
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| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Romagna |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the region of Romagna, on the Adriatic coast. |
| Romagnoli |
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Usage: Italian
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| Diminutive form of Romagna. |
| Romano (1) |
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Usage: Italian
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the given name Romano. |
| Romano (2) |
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Usage: Italian
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| Denoted someone who was from the city of Rome. Romano's also originated from Rome in Provincia de Foggia on the east coast of Italy. |
| Romanov |
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Usage: Russian
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| Means "son of Roman". This is the surname of the last dynasty of Russian tsars. |
| Romão |
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Usage: Portuguese
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| Portuguese form of Romano (1) or Romano (2). |
| Rome (1) |
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Usage: French, English
Extra: Statistics |
| Derived from the personal name Romanus. See Roman. |
| Rome (2) |
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Usage: French, English
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "from Rome, Italy". Described either a person from there or someone who had been there. |
| Romeijn |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Romijn. |
| Romeijnders |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Romijn. |
| Romeijnsen |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Romijn. |
| Romijn |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Derived from the Dutch given name Romein, which comes from Romanus (see Roman). |
| Romijnders |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Romijn. |
| Romijnsen |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Romijn. |
| Romilly |
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Usage: English, French
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| Denotes a person who came from any of the various places in Northern France called Romilly, Remilly or means "from Romiley (Manchester), England". |
| Rompa |
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Usage: Dutch
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| This surname is practically Van Rompa, only it has lost the preposition "van". Of all the known surnames that are derived from Van Rompaey, Rompa is the commonest in The Netherlands, where it has over 240 bearers; there are only a handful of known bearers in Flanders (Belgium). |
| Roncalli |
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Usage: Italian
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| This surname has a locative origin. It comes from the names of places like Ronco or Ronchi, quite common in northern Italy. It is the surname of Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (1881-1963), pope Giovanni XXIII one of the most the popular popes of the Roman Catholic Church of the last century. |
| Ronchi |
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Usage: Italian
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| A locative surname coming from a place named Ronco. It is common in northern and central Italy. |
| Rooiakker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| The meaning is, literally translated, "red field", from Dutch rood "red" and akker "field". The surname comes from the word rooiakker, which was a name for a field that had a reddish color or for a field that was barren. |
| Rooiakkers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Rooijakker |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Rooijakkers |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Variant of Rooiakker. |
| Roosa |
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Usage: Dutch
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| From the Dutch word roos meaning "rose". |
| Roosevelt |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Means "rose field" from Dutch roos "rose" and veld "field". |
| Rosa |
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Usage: Italian, Catalan
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| Means "rose" from the Latin rosa. Perhaps denoting a person who lived where roses grew or had a rosy complexion. |
| Rosales |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "bed of roses" in Spanish. |
| Rosario |
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Usage: Portuguese
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| Means "rosary" from the Portuguese rosario. This name was often given to people born on the day of the festival of Our Lady of the Rosary. |
| Roscoe |
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Usage: English
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| From a place name meaning "doe wood" in Old Norse. |
| Rose (1) |
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Usage: English, French, German, Scottish, Jewish
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| Means "rose" from the Middle English, Old French and Middle High German rose. All denote a person of a rosy complexion or a person who lived in a rosy area. Also found derived from the Yiddish royz which always referred to the flower. |
| Rose (2) |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the first name Rose. |
| Rosenberg |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "mountain of roses" in German. |
| Rosenberger |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Variant of Rosenberg. |
| Rosenfeld |
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Usage: German, Jewish
Extra: Statistics |
| Means "field of roses" in German. |
| Ross |
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Usage: English, Scottish
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| Means "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. |
| Rossi |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from a nickname for a red-haired person, from Italian rosso, Latin russus. |
| Rossini |
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Usage: Italian
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| Means "little red head" from the name Rossi. |
| Rostami |
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Usage: Iranian
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| Derived from the Persian name Rostam, a variant of Rustam. Rostam was a warrior hero in Persian legend. |
| Rot |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Variant of Roth. |
| Roth |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| From Middle High German rot meaning "red". It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair. |
| Rothbauer |
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Usage: German
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| From Middle High German roten "to clear land" and bur or bure "farmer". |
| Rothenberg |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Means "red mountain" from the German rot meaning "red" and berg meaning "mountain". |
| Rothschild |
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Usage: German, Jewish
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| Means "red shield, sign" from the German rot "red" and the German/Yiddish s(c)hild "sign, shield". The surname originally comes from one family who took their name from a house with a red shield or sign on it but since has been adopted by unrelated Jews. |
| Rotolo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from a nickname indicating an old measure. The word rotolu comes from southern Italian dialects, and derives from the Arabic or Greek language. |
| Rounds |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of the fat person" from the Middle English and Old French rond, rund. |
| Rousseau |
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Usage: French
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| A diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer of this name is philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau whose ideas influenced the French Revolution. |
| Roux |
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Usage: French
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| Derived from old French rous "red", most likely a nickname for a red-haired person. |
| Rovigatti |
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Usage: Italian
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| From the name of the city of Rovigo near Venice. |
| Rowan |
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Usage: Irish
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| Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin. |
| Rowbottom |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller in the overgrown valley" from the Old English ruh "rough, overgrown" and boðm "valley". |
| Rowe |
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Usage: English, Scottish, Irish
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| Means "dweller by a row of hedges or houses" from the Middle English row. Some examples of the name are derived from the medieval name Row which is either a variant of Rollo or Roland. |
| Rowland |
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Usage: English
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| Derived from the given name Roland. |
| Rowntree |
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Usage: English
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| Given to a person who lived near a rowan tree or mountain ash. |
| Roxas |
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Usage: Filipino
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| Filipo version of the Spanish Rojas. |
| Roy (1) |
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Usage: French, English
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| Variant of Ray (1). |
| Roy (2) |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Means "red haired" from the Gaelic ruadh. |
| Royce |
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Usage: English
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| Originally derived from the Germanic first name Rohesia, which meant "fame kind". |
| Royceston |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Royston. |
| Roydon |
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Usage: English
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| Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and dun "hill". |
| Royer |
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Usage: French
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| 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 steep flax". |
| Royle |
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Usage: English
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| Originally derived from a place name meaning "rye hill" from Old English ryge "rye" and hyll "hill". |
| Royston |
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Usage: English
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| Originally taken from an Old English place name meaning "town of Royce". |
| Rózsa |
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Usage: Hungarian
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| Variant of Rose (2). This is one of the limited number of matronymical surnames used in Hungary. |
| Ruane |
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Usage: Irish
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| Anglicized form of Ó Ruadháin. |
| Rubio |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Nickname for a person with red hair, from Latin rubeus "red". |
| Rudaski |
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Usage: Polish
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| A variant of Rudawski. |
| Rudawski |
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Usage: Polish
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| Means "a person who lives near Rudawa". Rudawa is a river in Poland. |
| Ruggeri |
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Usage: Italian
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| Derived from the personal name Ruggero. |
| Ruggles |
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Usage: English
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| Means "son of little Roger". |
| Ruiz |
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Usage: Spanish
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| Means "son of Ruy" in Spanish. |
| Rundstrom |
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Usage: Swedish
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| From a Swedish place name meaning "round stream". |
| Ruoho |
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Usage: Finnish
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| A nickname meaning "grass". |
| Ruotsalainen |
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Usage: Finnish
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| Means "Swede" from the Finnish ruotsalainen. |
| Rupertsen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Rupertson |
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Usage: English, Norwegian, Swedish
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| Means "son of Rupert". |
| Rupertssen |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Rupertsson |
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Usage: Norwegian, Swedish
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| Variant of Rupertson. |
| Rush |
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Usage: English
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| Refers to a rush, the grasslike plant that grows in a marsh. |
| Ruskin (1) |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Means "tanner" from the Gaelic rusg(aire)an. |
| Ruskin (2) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "little Rose" from the medieval given name Rose. |
| Rusnak |
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Usage: Polish
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| Means "Russian" in Polish. |
| Russell |
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Usage: English
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| From a nickname which meant "little red one" in French, perhaps originally describing a person with red hair. |
| Russo |
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Usage: Italian
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| Variant of Rossi. |
| Rustici |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a medieval nickname indicating a "rustic" man living in the country. |
| Rutherford |
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Usage: Scottish
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| The name taken by families who lived near the town of Rutherford in Scotland. It means "cattle ford" in Old English. The name dates back to the 13th century. |
| Rutherfurd |
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Usage: Scottish
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| Variant of Rutherford. |
| Rutkowski |
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Usage: Polish
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| Means "from Rutki, Poland". |
| Rutten |
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Usage: Dutch
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| Derived from the given name Rutger. |
| Ružička |
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Usage: Czech
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| Means "a little rose" in Czech. This is the last name of 1939 Nobel Laureate Leopold Ruzicka. |
| Ruzsa |
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Usage: Hungarian
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| Dialectical variant of Rózsa. |
| Ruzzier |
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Usage: Italian
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| From a dialectal variant of Ruggero. Typical of northeastern Italy, the area of Trieste. |
| Ryan |
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Usage: Irish
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| Anglicized form of Ó Riain. Although sometimes a simplified form of Mulryan. |
| Rybar |
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Usage: Czech, Slovak
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| Means "fisher" in Czech. |
| Ryder |
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Usage: English
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| An occupational surname for a mounted forest officer, from the Old English ridere meaning "rider". |
| Rye (1) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller on an island, dry land in marsh" from the Middle English atter ye. |
| Rye (2) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller by a stream" from the Middle English atter eye. |
| Rye (3) |
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Usage: English
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| Means "dweller where rye was grown" from the Old English ryge. |
| Ryeley |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Riley. |
| Ryely |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Riley. |
| Ryer |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Royer. |
| Ryers |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Ryer. |
| Ryley |
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Usage: English
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| Variant of Riley. |
| Ryskamp |
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Usage: Dutch
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| In Dutch kamp means "place" and Ryskamp means "those who farmed rye". |
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