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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : From the peninsula
  • French : Red-haired
  • English : Wood
  • German : Rose-colored

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name from Middle High German rœsse ‘kiln’, in particular one used for drying hemp and flax or for burning lime.

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