The ros Surname
ros Name Meaning and History
- Catalan: nickname for someone with blond hair or a fair complexion, from Latin russus.
- Swedish: ornamental name from ros ‘rose’.
- Slovenian: nickname from the dialect adjective ros ‘russet’, hence denoting a person with russet-colored hair. Compare Rus 2.
- Slovenian (Roš): probably also a nickname from roš, a reduced form of rovaš ‘stick split lengthwise’, which was used to keep accounts (by scoring or making notches in the wood).
- Cambodian or other Southeast Asian: unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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