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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for someone with a peculiarity of the back, Middle High German rucke.
  • German : topographic name from a southern field name denoting a slight dome-shaped elevation.
  • German : from the personal names Ruck, Rück, short forms of Rüdiger (see Rudiger).
  • English : variant spelling of Rook.

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