The rotter Surname
rotter Name Meaning and History
- variant spelling of Rother.
- occupational name for the foreman or leader of a group or association of men, or a work gang, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rotte ‘team’, ‘gang’.
- occupational name for a harp player, Middle High German rottære.
- habitational name from any of the various places called Rott.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Fredrick Rotter | Mary Frakes | 20 |
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| KAHLER, ROTTER, FITZ Floridsdorf, Austria |
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| Chmielnik near Kielce Poland |
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| A.J. Rotter of Galveston, Tx. in 1900 |
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| Rotter Family in Richville Mi | Deb Gouine | 0 |
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