Given name & surname · also Middle English
Rother
Rother is a surname, probably from Middle English, ultimately from Old Welsh.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Rother probably comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Old Welsh.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Probably from Middle English Roder, from Proto-Brythonic *ro, from Old Welsh *duβr, from Middle English Liminel.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Rother’s family of names
In German usage, Rother as a surname has a related form in Roth. In German usage, Rother as a surname has a related form in Roder. In German usage, Rother as a surname has a related form in ROTER.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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