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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : occupational name for a merchant who sold raisins, from Middle High German rosīn ‘raisin’ (from Late Latin rosina) + man ‘man’.
  • German : from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements hrōd ‘renown’ + man.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Roseman 2.

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