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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German and Dutch : patronymic from a derivative of the medieval personal name Rozinus.
  • German (also Rösing) : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘renown’.
  • Swedish : ornamental name from ros ‘rose’.

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