Last name origins & meanings:
- English: from the medieval female personal name Royse,
also found in the spelling Rose and popularly associated with
the flower, but in fact originally from a Germanic personal name. This
is recorded in Domesday Book in the form Rothais and is
composed of the elements hrōd ‘renown’ + haid(is)
‘kind’, ‘sort’.
- Americanized spelling of German Reuss.
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