Origin and popularity of the name ROTH

Origin

Roth : 1: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair from Middle High German rōt German rot ‘red’. As a Jewish name it is at least in part artificial: its frequency as a Jewish surname is disproportionate to the number of Jews who one may reasonably assume were red-headed during the period of surname adoption. This form of the German surname (especially in this sense and in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) where it is most common and in some other European countries e.g. Czechia and Croatia.2: German and English (Middlesex): topographic name for someone who lived on land that had been cleared from Old High German rod Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’. In England the name may also be a habitational name from any of the places like Rothend in Ashdon (Essex) Roe End in Markyate (Hertfordshire) Roe Green in Hatfield (Hertfordshire) or Roe Green in Sandon (Hertfordshire).3: German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’. Compare Rode 1 Ross 4.4: German: habitational name from any of numerous places so named. See also Rott.5: German (Röth): habitational name from any of several places so named in Schleswig-Holstein Baden-Württemberg.

Lindroth : Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements lind ‘lime tree’ + roth an ornamental spelling of rot ‘root’.

Rodwell : English:: 1: habitational name from any of the three places called Rothwell (Lincolnshire Northamptonshire Yorkshire) from Old English roth ‘clearing’ + wella ‘well spring stream’.2: habitational name from Radwell (Hertfordshire) or Radwell in Felmersham (Bedfordshire) and perhaps also from other places similarly named. The placenames derive from Old English rēad ‘red’ + wella ‘spring stream well’.

Roed : 1: German: from a short form of the ancient Germanic personal name Hrodo from hrōd ‘fame renown’.2: Norwegian (Røed): variant of Røe (see Roe).3: Danish: either from a byname Roth meaning ‘root’ or a habitational name from place so named.

Rothman : 1: Americanized form of German Rothmann in large part cognate with 2 and 3 below.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair from an elaborated form of Roth 1 with the addition of Yiddish man ‘man’. Compare Rothmann and Redman.3: English: topographic name from Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’ + man for a person who lived at a clearing. See Roth 2.

Rott : German:: 1: variant of Roth.2: habitational name from any of several places so named for example in Bavaria or of places called Rot or Roth. This form of the German surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and in some other European countries especially Czechia.

Rowell : English:: 1: habitational name principally from Rothwell (Yorkshire) but Rothwell in Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire also gave rise to surnames. The placenames derive from Old English roth ‘clearing’ + wella ‘well spring stream’.2: habitational name from Rowell in Chudleigh (Devon) named with Old English rūh ‘rough’ + hyll ‘hill’. The name may have been confused with Roll.3: perhaps a habitational name from Roel (Gloucestershire) or Rowell (Westmorland). The Gloucestershire placename derives from Old English rā ‘roe roe buck’ + wella ‘well spring stream’ while the Westmorland placename probably derives from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + hol ‘hole hollow’.4: perhaps a variant of Roll; see Rolfe.

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