Last name: ROST

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ROST : This last name is indexed 61,956 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

ROST : 1: German: nickname for a red-haired man from Middle High German rost ‘rust’.2: German: metonymic occupational name for a limeburner or blacksmith from Middle High German Middle Low German rōst ‘grate grill’ or Middle High German rōst(e) ‘fire embers pyre grate’ (typically one for burning lime).3: Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from German Rost ‘rust’ also ‘grill grating’ (compare 1 and 2 above) mainly one of names distributed at random by Austrian clerks.4: Norwegian (Røst): habitational name from the farm name Røst from rust ‘small wood grove’.5: English (Kent): variant of Rust.

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