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Raad Dutch
Metonymic occupational name for an adviser, counselor, or member of a town council, from raad "advice, counsel", or derived from a given name containing the element (see rēdaz).

Raaf Dutch, German
Means "raven" in Dutch.

Raaijmakers Dutch
Variant of Rademakers.

Raat Dutch
From Middle Dutch raet "advice, counsel". Could be an occupational name for a member of a council, or a short form of names containing rēdaz, such as Radulf... [more]

Raben German, Dutch, Danish
Derived from Low German rauben meaning "raven".

Raeven Dutch
Variant spelling of Raven.

Raimond Estonian, Dutch, French, Croatian
From the given name Raimond.

Rapier Dutch
Dutch: perhaps from Middle Dutch rapiere ‘foil, sword’, for someone carrying such a weapon, or form a topographic name Raepier ‘land on which rapes are grown’.... [more]

Rave Low German, Dutch
Variant form of Rabe and Raaf, both meaning "raven".

Raven English, Dutch
From a variety of sources all ultimately derived from the name of the bird. Could be a patronymic form of a given name such as Raven, Hraban, or Walraven; from a nickname referring to dark hair or thieving tendencies; or from a toponym derived from a given name.

Ravenswaaij Dutch
From the name of a village in Gelderland, Netherlands, meaning "Raven’s ford", derived from the personal name Raven combined with Old Dutch wade "ford, shallows", later reinterpreted as Middle Dutch way "pool, kolk lake".

Redig Flemish, Upper German
Variant of Redding.

Reese Low German, Dutch, German
Variant of Riese or Reus, from risi meaning "giant". Alternatively, could be a patronymic form of the Germanic given name Razo, derived from rēdaz "counsel, advise", or a habitational name from places called Rees or Reese in Rhineland and Lower Saxony.

Reiziger Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Derived from Middle Dutch reisiger meaning "traveller, voyager", ultimately from Middle High German meaning "soldier on horseback". It is notably borne by the Dutch former soccer player Michael Reiziger (1973-).

Remis Greek, Dutch, German, Asturian
Greek from a medieval Greek personal name, Remis, a vernacular form of the personal name Remigius (see French Remy)... [more]

Rens Dutch
From the personal name Rens, a reduced form of Laurens. Could also derive from a given name containing the element regin "advice, counsel", such as Reinoud.

Rensenbrink Dutch
Possibly derived from the given name Rens (a short form of Laurens, Emerens, Reinaart, Reinier and other names) combined with Dutch brink meaning "village green, edge, slope"... [more]

Reus Dutch
Means "giant" in Dutch, a nickname for a big man.

Rhett Dutch
Anglicized form of Dutch de Raedt, derived from raet "advice, counsel". Compare Raad.

Ridder German, Dutch
Dutch form and German variant of Ritter.

Rijkaard Dutch (Surinamese)

Rijkaard Dutch, Dutch (Surinamese)
Dutch variant of Richard. A famous bearer of this surname is the retired Dutch soccer player Frank Rijkaard (1962-).

Rijlaarsdam Dutch
Derived from Reguliersdam, a dam named for a nearby monastery from Old French reguler "ecclesiastical, subject to religious or monastic rule".

Rijsbergen Dutch
Variant of Van Rijsbergen. It is borne by the retired Dutch soccer player Wim Rijsbergen (1952-).

Ritfeld German, Dutch (Anglicized)
German surname and anglicized Dutch form of Rietveld

Robben Dutch, Low German
Patronymic from the given name Robbe, a short form of Robert.

Rochussen Dutch
Means "son of Rochus". Famous bearers of this name are the Dutch prime minister Jan Jacob Rochussen (1797-1871) and the 19th-century painter Charles Rochussen (1814-1894).

Rodaer Flemish

Rodebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Variant of Roudebush

Roeder German, Dutch

Roel Dutch, German
From the given name Roel, a short form of Roeland or Roelof.

Roelfs Dutch
Means "son of Roelf".

Roelofs Dutch
Variant of Roelfs, meaning "son of Roelof".

Roels Belgian, Dutch
Means "son of Roel".

Roep Dutch
Short form of Ruprecht.

Roest Dutch
Habitational name derived from Old Dutch roest "reed bed, rush forest". Alternatively, from Dutch roest "rust", a nickname for a red-haired person.

Rohlfs German, Dutch (Rare)
Variant of Rolfs.

Rolloos Dutch
Possibly derived from the given name Rollo.

Romine Dutch (Americanized)
Americanized form of Romeijn.

Rommel Upper German, Dutch
Nickname for a noisy and disruptive person, from Middle Dutch rommel "noise, disorder, disturbance". Alternatively, a variant of Rummel.

Romyn Dutch
Variant of Romijn.

Ronde Dutch
Means "round" in Dutch, originally a nickname for a plump person, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

Ronden Dutch
Possibly derived from Dutch rond meaning "round, circular".

Rood Dutch
Dutch cognate of Read 1.

Roop Dutch (Americanized), German (Americanized)
Americanized form of Roep or Rupp.

Roos Estonian, Swedish, Danish, Dutch, German (Swiss), Low German
Means "rose" in Estonian and Dutch. Swedish and Danish variant of Ros, also meaning "rose". This could be a locational name for someone living near roses, an occupational name for someone who grew roses, or a nickname for someone with reddish skin.

Roose English, Dutch, German
Variant spelling of Rose 1, Rose 2, Roos or Ross.

Rooster Dutch (Rare)
Possibly related to German Rüster, an occupational name for an arms dealer.

Root Dutch
From Dutch root, a derivative of roten "to ret", a topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place, a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.

Rooyakkers Dutch
Variant of Rooijakkers

Ros Dutch
Could be an occupational name for a horse breeder or trader derived from Middle Dutch ros "horse, steed" (see hros), or a nickname for someone with red hair or ruddy skin derived from Dutch ros "reddish; red-haired, ginger".

Rosebel Dutch (Surinamese)

Rosenboom Dutch
From Dutch rozeboom meaning "rose tree", a habitational name for someone who lived near such a tree or a sign depicting one, or who come from the neighbourhood Rozenboom.

Rossum Dutch
Variant of Van Rossum

Rothuizen Dutch
Means "red houses" in Dutch, a habitational name.

Rotterdam Dutch
Denoting someone from a place named Rotterdam "place of the muddy water".

Roudebush Dutch (Americanized), Belgian (Americanized)
Americanized form of Dutch and Belgian Ronderbosch or Rondenbosch, a habitational name for someone from Ronderbos in Dilbeek, Brabant, or Ronden Bos in Maldegen, East Flanders.

Rouvoet Dutch
From a nickname that meant "rough foot", derived from Middle Dutch ru meaning "rough, wild" and voet meaning "foot". This name is borne by the retired Dutch politician André Rouvoet (1962-).

Rovers Dutch
Patronymic form of the Dutch given name Rover, or an alternative form of De Rover.

Rozenstruik Dutch (Surinamese, Rare)
Means "rose bush" in Dutch, possibly an artificial name.

Ruiter Dutch
Derived from the Dutch noun ruiter meaning "rider, horseman, knight".

Rumfelt German, Dutch
Altered spelling of German Romfeld, derived from Middle Low German rüm- meaning "to clear (land)" and feld meaning "open country, field", hence a topographic name or possibly a metonymic occupational name for a person engaged in clearing woodland, or in some cases a habitational name for someone from Romfelt in the Ardennes... [more]

Rutte Dutch
Derived from the given name Rutger. This surname is borne by the former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte (1967-).

Rylaarsdam Dutch
Variant of Rijlaarsdam

Rynders Dutch, Frisian
Variant of Reinders

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