What is the name meaning of ROACH. Phrases containing ROACH
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English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky crag or outcrop, from Old French roche (later replaced in England by rock, from the Norman byform rocque), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, such as Roach in Devon, or Roche in Cornwall and South Yorkshire.English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in Normandy, as for example Les Roches in Seine-Maritime, named with Old French roche, or from Roche Castle in Wales.
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky crag or outcrop, from Old French roche (later replaced in England by rock, from the Norman byform rocque), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word, such as Roach in Devon, or Roche in Cornwall and South Yorkshire.English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in Normandy, as for example Les Roches in Seine-Maritime, named with Old French roche, or from Roche Castle in Wales.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a notable crag or outcrop, from Middle English rokke ‘rock’ (see Roach), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rock in Northumberland.English : variant of Roke (see Rokes 1).English : metonymic occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate).German : from a short form of the personal name Rocco (see Roche 3).German : metonymic occupational name for a tailor, from Middle High German rok, roc ‘skirt’, ‘gown’.German (Röck) : variant of Roche 3.
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Female
Spanish
Spanish name, probably derived from Greek therizo, THERASIA means "harvester."
Girl/Female
Australian, British, English
God is Gracious
Boy/Male
Chinese
Great.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Goddess Durga
Girl/Female
English American French
From the plant name. Holy.
Male
Romanian
Romanian name derived from Greek Loukianos, LUCIAN means "light."
Female
French
French form of Latin Monica, possibly MONIQUE means "advise, counsel."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, Czechoslovakian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Polish, Swedish, Teutonic
Brave People; Brave; As Brave as Lion; Lion; Hardy
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gold or Lord Buddha, Early winter
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hollingshead.
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n.
A roachlike European fish (Rhodima amarus).
n.
An American chub (Semotilus bullaris); the fallfish.
v. t.
To cut off, as a horse's mane, so that the part left shall stand upright.
n.
A fresh-water European fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus erythrophthalmus). It is about the size and shape of the roach, but it has the dorsal fin farther back, a stouter body, and red irises. Called also redeye, roud, finscale, and shallow. A blue variety is called azurine, or blue roach.
n.
A European fresh-water fish of the Carp family (Leuciscus rutilus). It is silver-white, with a greenish back.
n.
A cockroach.
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The redfin, or shiner.
v. t.
To cause to arch.
a.
Having a back like that of roach; -- said of a horse whose back a convex instead of a concave curve.
n.
The blue roach of Europe (Leuciscus caeruleus); -- so called from its color.
n.
A convex curve or arch cut in the edge of a sail to prevent chafing, or to secure a better fit.