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Surnames Starting with R: Coat of Arms & Last Name Origins (page 3 of 3)

325 family names beginning with R. Open a name to read its surname origin, its meaning and the heraldry associated with it.

  • Roma
    Spain

    Rome in Italian tradition, with separate Spanish places

  • Romagnoli
    Italy

    From Romagna

  • Román
    Spain

    Of Rome

  • Romano
    Italy

    From Rome

  • Romanowski
    Poland

    From Romanów / son of Roman

  • Romeiro
    Portugal

    Pilgrim

  • Romeo
    Italy

    Pilgrim to Rome

  • Romero
    Spain

    Pilgrim

  • Romo
    Spain

    Snub-nosed

  • Ronchi
    Italy

    Cleared land

  • Rook
    England

    A dweller at the sign of the rook

  • Rooke
    England

    A dweller at the sign of the rook

  • Rooks
    England

    A dweller at the sign of the rook

  • Rooney
    Ireland

    Descendant of Ruanadh ("champion")

  • Roper
    England

    Rope maker

  • Roque
    Spain

    From Saint Roch

  • Rosa
    Italy

    Rose

  • Rosado
    Spain

    Rosy

  • Rosales
    Spain

    "rose bushes"

  • Rosario
    Spain

    Rosary

  • Rose
    England & Scotland

    Rose; from the woman's name Rose

  • Rosenbaum
    Germany

    Rose tree

  • Rosenberg
    Germany

    Rose mountain

  • Rosenfeld
    Germany

    Rose field

  • Rosenkranz
    Germany

    Someone from a house with a rose garland sign

  • Rosenthal
    Germany

    Rose valley

  • Rosinski
    Poland

    Someone from a place with a name meaning dew

  • Rösler
    Germany

    Of the rose

  • Rosner
    Germany

    A rider or horse dealer, or someone from Rosna

  • Ross
    Scotland

    Promontory; heath; red

  • Rosser
    Wales

    A Welsh form of the personal name Roger

  • Rossetti
    Italy

    Little red-haired one

  • Rossi
    Italy

    Red-haired (plural of Rosso)

  • Rossini
    Italy

    Little red-haired one

  • Rossman
    England

    A dweller at a promontory or peninsula

  • Rosso
    Italy

    A red-haired nickname or personal name

  • Rost
    Germany

    Rust-red hair, or grill maker

  • Rota
    Italy

    Wheel; from Rota

  • Roth
    Germany

    Red-haired; from a clearing

  • Rothenberg
    Germany

    Someone who came from Rothenberg (red fortress)

  • Rothenberger
    Germany

    Someone who came from Rothenberg (red fortress)

  • Rothman
    Germany

    Someone who had red hair

  • Rothmann
    Germany

    Someone who had red hair

  • Rothstein
    Germany

    A dweller at, or near, a red stone

  • Rothwell
    England

    Someone who came from Rothwell (spring or stream by a clearing)

  • Rotondo
    Italy

    Round

  • Rousseau
    France

    Little red-haired one

  • Roussel
    France

    Little red-haired one

  • Roux
    France

    Red-haired

  • Rowan
    Ireland

    Red-haired (Irish), or from Roland (Scots)

  • Rowbotham
    England

    Rough valley

  • Rowe
    England

    Dweller by a hedgerow, or from Rolf

  • Rowell
    England

    From Rowell / Rothwell

  • Rowley
    England

    Rough clearing

  • Rowntree
    England

    Rowan tree

  • Roy
    France

    King

  • Royal
    England

    Royal / kingly

  • Royer
    France

    Wheelwright

  • Rubey
    England

    Someone who came from Roubaix, in France

  • Rubio
    Spain

    Blond, fair-haired

  • Ruby
    England

    Someone who came from Roubaix, in France

  • Rucinski
    Poland

    Someone living where rue grew, or from a place named Rucin

  • Ruck
    Germany

    A descendant of Rocco

  • Rucker
    England

    Back / stretch

  • Rudd
    England

    Red

  • Rudnicki
    Poland

    From Rudnik

  • Rudolph
    Germany

    Famous wolf

  • Rudy
    England

    A descendant of little Rud

  • Rudzki
    Poland

    From Ruda

  • Rueda
    Spain

    Wheel / from Rueda

  • Ruelas
    Portugal

    A street or place-name surname

  • Ruff
    England

    Ruff / Rudolf

  • Ruffin
    England

    Red-haired

  • Ruffolo
    Italy

    A diminutive of Ruffo, red-haired

  • Ruggiero
    Italy

    Famous spear (Roger)

  • Ruggles
    England

    Someone who came from Rugley (woodcock glade), in Northumberland

  • Ruiz
    Spain

    Son of Ruy (Rodrigo)

  • Rumble
    England

    A descendant of Rumbeald (fame, bold)

  • Rumsey
    England

    Someone who came from Romsey (Rum's island), in Hampshire

  • Runge
    Germany

    A Low German name for a sturdy or rough man

  • Runyon
    England

    A name of uncertain origin, possibly Huguenot

  • Rupert
    England

    A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)

  • Rupp
    Germany

    A short form of Rupprecht

  • Ruppert
    England

    A descendant of Rupert (fame, bright)

  • Rusak
    Poland

    An ethnic designation or a light-brown coloring nickname

  • Rusch
    Germany

    Someone living near rushes or coarse grass, or an excitable person

  • Rush
    England

    Dweller among rushes

  • Rushford
    England

    A dweller at the river crossing where rushes grew

  • Rushforth
    England

    Someone who came from Rushford (homestead overgrown with rushes)

  • Rushton
    England

    Someone who came from Rushton (homestead with rushes)

  • Rusin
    Poland

    Someone from Rus or of Ruthenian background

  • Ruskin
    England

    Uncertain

  • Russ
    England

    Red-haired; also other origins

  • Russell
    England

    Little red one

  • Russo
    Italy

    Red-haired (southern form of Rosso)

  • Rust
    England

    Red hair

  • Ruth
    Germany

    Renown; also other origins

  • Rutherford
    Scotland

    Cattle ford

  • Rutkowski
    Poland

    From Rutki / Rutkowo

  • Rutledge
    Scotland

    From a lost Border place

  • Ryan
    Ireland

    Descendant of a follower of Rian

  • Rybak
    Poland

    "fisherman"

  • Rybarczyk
    Poland

    The son of a fisherman

  • Rybicki
    Poland

    From Rybica / fish

  • Ryder
    England

    Rider, horseman

  • Rydz
    Poland

    Saffron milk cap

  • Rzepka
    Poland

    Little turnip

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Researched by Herald Lab Research Studio, since 1993. Coats of arms were granted to individuals, not to everyone with a surname.