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Submitted Name (1)
Type Surname (from nickname)
Other Forms FormsRowe, Row
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Contributor Contrib.S on 11/2/2013
Meaning & History
Nickname for a timid person, derived from the Middle English
ro meaning "roe"; also a midland and southern form of
Ray.
Submitted Name (2)
Type Surname (from location)
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Meaning & History
Habitational surname for any of the several farmsteads named Roe or Røe, derived from the Old Norse ruð meaning "clearing".