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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : nickname for a restless or quarrelsome person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German unrouwe, unrāwa ‘unrest’, ‘disturbance’.
  • German : habitational name from places called Unruh, in East Prussia, or Unrow.
  • German : nickname for a careless or casual person, from Middle High German unruoch ‘careless’, ‘negligent’.

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