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ROSS

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Scottish, English

Pronounced: RAWS   [key]

From a Scottish and English surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.
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