Given name & surname

Rauh

“smoke”

Rauh is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, it goes back to a word meaning “smoke.”

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Where it comes from

As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, it comes from German.

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Rauh’s family of names

In English usage, Rauh as a surname shares a linguistic root with the Slovenian form DIM. In English usage, Rauh as a surname has a related form in RAHE. In English usage, Rauh as a surname has a related form in RAU.

Walk Rauh’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Rauh has relatives in 3 languages.

EnglishGerman

4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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