indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage German
Meaning & History
Variant spelling of Rother, an occupational name for the foreman or leader of a group or association of men, or a work gang, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rotte ‘team’, ‘gang’. Occupational name for a harp player, Middle High German rottære. Habitational name from any of the various places called Rott.