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Yep, it's on, but I don't like it one bit. Sure, 'Rogge' means rye, but in the toponym it is a corruption of the first name 'Rutger'. And 'veen' really means 'peat bog' (field would be 'veld'). This toponym is the origin of the surname.
See http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Roggeveen (this site is part of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences BTW)