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ROSS
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English (Midlands)
English (Midlands) : variant of Sly.Scottish : either of English origin, as in 1, or a habitational name from a place such as Sliach in Glengairn, Sleach in Strathdon, Slioch in Drumblade, Sleich in former Perthshire, or Slioch in former Ross-shire.
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English
English : patronymic from Ross or Rose.
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English
English : habitational name from Wolfenden, a place in the parish of Newchurch-in-Rossendale, Lancashire, apparently named from the Old English personal name Wulfhelm (composed of the elements wulf ‘wolf’ + helm ‘helmet’, ‘protection’) + Old English denu ‘valley’.
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German
German : habitational name from a place so named in East Prussia.English : possibly a variant spelling of Rosson.
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Tamil
Rossini | ரோஸஸீநீÂ
Light, Bright
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Dutch
Dutch : variant of Roos 1–3.English and Scottish : variant of Ross 2.
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Scottish and English (of Norman origin)
Scottish and English (of Norman origin) : habitational name for someone from Rots near Caen in Normandy, probably named with the Germanic element rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes. This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130.Scottish and English : habitational name from any of various places called Ross or Roos(e), deriving the name from Welsh rhós ‘upland’ or moorland, or from a British ancestor of this word, which also had the sense ‘promontory’. This is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. Known sources of the surname include Roos in Humberside (formerly in East Yorkshire) and the region of northern Scotland known as Ross. Other possible sources are Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Ross in Northumbria (which is on a promontory), and Roose in LancashireEnglish and German : from the Germanic personal name Rozzo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hrÅd ‘renown’, introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roce.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a breeder or keeper of horses, from Middle High German ros, German Ross ‘horse’; perhaps also a nickname for someone thought to resemble a horse or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a horse.Jewish : Americanized form of Rose 3.
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English
English : variant of Rochester.
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English
English : nickname from Middle English russet ‘reddish brown’, (from Old French rosset, diminutive of rous ‘red’, from Latin russus ‘red’). This may have been a nickname denoting hair coloring or complexion, but in Middle English russet denoted in particular a kind of coarse woolen cloth of a reddish brown or subdued color, typically worn by country people and the poor.
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English
English : habitational name from Rostherne in Cheshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Rodestorne, from the Old Scandinavian personal name Rauthr + Old English thorn or thyrne ‘thorn tree’.Italian : from an augmentative of Rosso.
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English
English : variant of Rosson.
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Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German
Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German : habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a rose.Dutch (also de Roos) : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew roses, from roos ‘rose’.Dutch : from the female personal name Rosa (Latin rosa ‘rose’).Dutch : nickname from roos ‘erysipelas’, an infection which causes reddening of the skin and scalp, applied presumably to someone with a ruddy complexion.Swiss German : from a personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.Swedish and Danish (of German origin) : as 1.Swedish : variant of Ros.English and Scottish : variant of Ross 2.
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English
English : probably a variant of Ras(s)ell or Razzell (unexplained).German : nickname for a hothead, from Middle High German razzeln ‘to romp’, ‘rampage’.Dutch and Luxembourgois : perhaps from the Germanic personal name Raas, but more probably from French Rossel.
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Italian
Variant spelling of Italian Rosella, ROSSELLA means "rose."
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English
English : habitational name from a place in Derbyshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Roschintone, possibly ‘estate (Old English tÅ«n) associated with HrÅthsige’, an Old English personal name.English : variant of Rosson.
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German
German : topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew (see Rose 1), with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.German (Röser) : habitational name from places called Rös, Roes, or Rösa in Bavaria, Rhineland, and Saxony, or a variant of Rosser.Swiss German (Röser) : from a short form of a Germanic personal name based on hrÅd ‘renown’.English : unexplained.
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English (now mainly northern Ireland)
English (now mainly northern Ireland) : apparently a habitational name from an unidentified place.perhaps also an altered spelling of Swedish Rosberg or German Rossburg (see Rosburg).
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English
English : variant of Rosson.Norwegian : habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Rosten or Røsten, from rust ‘grove’, ‘ridge’.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames. Compare Rothstein.
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English
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, derived from the Gaelic word ros, ROSS means "headland, promontory."
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English
English : from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Rocel, a pet form of Roce (see Ross 3).Catalan : nickname for someone with red hair, from a diminutive of ros ‘red’.
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v. t.
To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark.
n.
The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
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Light land; rosland.
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Loose; light.