Ross

Revision History

Date	Editor	Change Summary
yesterday, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #115
6/13/2019, 12:17 AM	Mike C	update #104
2/12/2007, 1:03 AM	Mike C	earliest recorded revision

Gender Masculine

Usage Scottish, English

Pronounced Pron. RAWS(English)

Meaning & History

From a Scottish and English surname that 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 James Clark Ross (1800-1862), an Antarctic explorer.