Given name & surname · also Korean

Roh

Roh is a surname from Korean, ultimately from Chinese.

Original Chinese魯

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Roh comes from Korean, and ultimately from Chinese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In English usage, Roh as a surname developed from 盧. In English usage, Roh as a surname developed from 魯.

Roh’s family of names

In English usage, Roh as a surname developed from the Chinese form 盧. In Russian usage, Roh is a transliteration of Рох. In English usage, Roh as a surname developed from the Chinese form 魯.

Walk Roh’s family in the name graph

RohРох魯

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

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

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