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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Variant of German Rockolt, a variant of Rocholt, or of Rocholl, thought by some to be from variants of a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrōk ‘prudence’, ‘care’ + wald ‘rule’, and by others to be of Slavic origin.

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