Rule Family History
Rule Name Meaning
English: from the medieval personal name Roul (seenRollo, Rolf). Scottish: habitational name from anplace in Roxburghshire, so named from the stream on which itnstands. This name is of uncertain origin, possibly from Welshnrhull ‘hasty’, ‘rash’. Probably an altered spelling ofnGerman Ruhl. EG
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press