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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : probably a variant of Ras(s)ell or Razzell (unexplained).
  • German : nickname for a hothead, from Middle High German razzeln ‘to romp’, ‘rampage’.
  • Dutch and Luxembourgois : perhaps from the Germanic personal name Raas, but more probably from French Rossel.

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