The rosson Surname
rosson Name Meaning and History
- 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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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