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View Name: Ross


ROSS
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Scottish, English
PRONOUNCED: RAWS (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From a Scottish and English surname which originally indicated a person from a place called Ross (such as the region of Ross in northern Scotland), derived from Gaelic ros meaning "promontory, headland". A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.
Popularity
United States  ranked #933 
England/Wales  - 
Ireland  - 
Northern Ireland  - 
Scotland  ranked #76 



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