Roos (surname) explained

Roos is a surname with multiple origins. In Dutch, Low German, Swiss German and Estonian “Roos” means “Rose” and the surname is often of toponymic origin (e.g. someone lived in a house named “the rose”).[1] In 2007, 8600 people were named Roos and another 2880 “de Roos” in the Netherlands.[2] In the UK, Roos may be of patronymic origin (“Andrews”) or indicating red hair (Old English “Rouse”).[3] The name is also relatively common in Sweden (5,902 people in 2010), Finland (1219 in 2012)[4] and Estonia (934 people in 2019).[5] People with the name "Roos" or "de Roos" include:

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  1. http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=roos Roos Name Meaning
  2. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=Roos&nfd_naam=Roos&info=aantal%20en%20verspreiding&operator=eq&taal= Roos
  3. http://www.houseofnames.com/roos-family-crest Roos
  4. http://verkkopalvelu.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu/default.asp?L=1 Roos in Finland
  5. Web site: Nimede statistika . www.stat.ee . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190812130640/https://www.stat.ee/public/apps/nimed/pere/Roos . 2019-08-12.