The roch Surname
roch Name Meaning and History
- German and French: from a Germanic personal name of uncertain origin. It may have been originally a byname meaning ‘crow’. Compare Old High German hruoh, Old English hroc, an imitative formation, but Dauzat derives it from a root hroc ‘rest’. The name was fairly common in the Middle Ages and was sometimes bestowed in honor of a 14th-century saint (Latinized name Rochus) of Montpellier, remembered for his miraculous healings during an outbreak of the plague in northern Italy.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Rauch.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Charles Roch death, 1893 |
 dmyers491
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| Roch Family name | Gloria Roch | 7 |
| ROCH Adelle B and Earl D |
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| ROCH Gerald C 1920-1949 |
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| ROCH Claudie and Wass |
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| Spencer Welsh |
melkennedy4
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| Roch from Alsace-Lorraine region |
Kyleen_Jiannine
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| How do I trace my ancestors? |
calistaroch
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| Pauline Roch | Carol Farr | 2 |
| Roch/Sarrasin/Martin | Richard | 0 |
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