Rouche meaning | Last name Rouche origin

Family name Rouche is form of Roche. Roache, or Roche, a parish in Cornwall; an abbey in Yorkshire; and a river in Lancashire. The first-named place was so called, according to Tonkin, from St. Roche, a Marsellaise saint; but it is more likely a provincial pronunciation of rock, for in 1291 it is called De Rupe. The Cornish family of Roche, or De Rupe, were seated at Roch, in the reign of Richard I.

Lastname is the variant of Rock. Dweller near some prominent boulder; probably a boundary marker; one who came from Rock meaning "rock," situated in Northumberland, or from Rock meaning "the oak," in Worcestershire.

Rouche is variant of the Roach. Dweller at, or near, a rock.

Rouche is the variant form of the Roche. Dweller near a rock; one who came from Roche meaning "rock," in Cornwall.

The lastname Rouche is form of Roch. Of the rock. Roc'h, a rock on terra firma. Karreg, a rock in or near the sea.

A variant form of Laroche. French la roche, the rock. "Peter Crothaire, of the province of Bordeaux, came into England in the train of George, Prince of Denmark, and at the desire of his master assumed the name of Laroche." His grandson, James Laroche, was created a baronet in 1776.

The lastname is variant form of Roach. See Roche - Roache, or Roche, a parish in Cornwall; an abbey in Yorkshire; and a river in Lancashire. The first-named place was so called, according to Tonkin, from St. Roche, a Marsellaise saint; but it is more likely a provincial pronunciation of rock, for in 1291 it is called De Rupe. The Cornish family of Roche, or De Rupe, were seated at Roch, in the reign of Richard I.

The form of Rock. A parish in Worcestershire, a chapelry in Northumberland, and many other minor localities.

The is a variation of Rooker. To rook is to cheat. Teutonic rucken; Su. Gothic rycka. A 'rookery' is a nest of dishonest people.