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Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsRowe, Row
Added 11/2/2013 by S
Nickname for a timid person, derived from the Middle English
ro meaning "roe"; also a midland and southern form of
RAY.
Type Surname (from location)
Habitational surname for any of the several farmsteads named Roe or Røe, derived from the Old Norse ruð meaning "clearing".