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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Hrodo, from hrōd ‘renown’, ‘fame’.
  • Norwegian (Røed) : variant of Roe.
  • Danish : either from a byname, Roth, meaning ‘root’, or from a Danish place name.

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