Names

French form of Russell.

Diminutive of Roux. A famous bearer was the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) whose ideas influenced the French Revolution.

Patronymic derived from Middle English rond meaning “round, plump”, ultimately from Latin rotundus.

From the Italian word for a measure of weight, from southern Italian dialects, derived from Greek via Arabic.

From Middle High German rot meaning “red” and berg meaning “mountain”. As a Jewish name it may be ornamental.

From Middle High German rot “red” and schilt “shield”, or Yiddish רויט (roit) and שילד (shild). The famous Rothschild family of bankers took their name from a house with a red shield on it.

From Old High German riuten “to clear land” and bur “peasant, farmer”.

From Middle High German rot meaning “red”. It was originally a nickname for a person with red hair.

Variant of Roth.

Derived from the given name Rostam.