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6/11/2016, 4:22 AM LMS
6/6/2016, 3:38 AM LMS

Name Roll
Type Surname (from given name, from occupation)
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

German: from Middle High German rolle, rulle ‘roll’, ‘list’, possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe.
German: from a short form of the personal names RUDOLF or ROLAND.
German: habitational name for someone from either of two places named Rolle, in Westphalia and Pomerania.
English: variant of ROLLO or ROLF.
Added 6/6/2016 by LMS