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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • German : Famous spearman; quiet

Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish : nickname from róg ‘horn’, or occupational name for someone whose job was to blow a horn.
  • Dutch : from rog ‘ray’, hence perhaps a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a ray.
  • Dutch : variant of Rogge.

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