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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named either Roset, probably from a personal name (Old Norse Rói, modern Norwegian Roe, + set ‘farmstead’, ‘dwelling’), or Røset, Rødset, from Old Norse ross ‘mare’ or rauðr ‘red’ + set.

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