Rochelle Family History
Rochelle Name Meaning
French (mainly Ille-et-Vilaine) and English (Staffordshire; of Norman origin): habitational name from (La) Rochelle the name of several places in various parts of France especially that in Manche from a diminutive of Old French roche ‘rock cliff promontory’. In Britain the surname is often recorded in its Norman French form Rokel(l)e. French (Alsace): variant of Rochel .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022