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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swiss and South German : nickname for a greedy person, from Middle High German ruoch ‘eager’, ‘intent’.
  • German : nickname for an unkempt or rough person, from Middle Low German rū(ch), Middle High German rūch ‘shaggy’, ‘rough’, ‘crude’, ‘hard’.

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