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  • 121Renouf — This famous Channel Islands name is found recorded almost equally in Guernsey and Jersey from at least the end of the 16th Century (see below). It is believed to be a development of the French Renaux , itself a derived form of the pre 9th Century …

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  • 122Rix — This rather unusual surname is of Germanic and Anglo Saxon origin, and has two possible sources, each with its own history and derivation. Firstly it may be from a patronymic of the medieval given name Rick , itself a short form of Richard,… …

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  • 123Rous — This unusual name it is claimed, is a nickname for a person with red hair. Certainly it derives from the Old French pre 10th century word Rous translating as red, but the precise meaning is open to some conjecture. Our opinion is that in many… …

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  • 124Rouse — This unusual name it is claimed, is a nickname for a person with red hair. Certainly it derives from the Old French pre 10th century word Rous translating as red, but the precise meaning is open to some conjecture. Our opinion is that in many… …

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  • 125Roux — This unusual name it is claimed, is a nickname for a person with red hair. Certainly it derives from the Old French pre 10th century word Rous translating as red, but the precise meaning is open to some conjecture. Our opinion is that in many… …

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  • 126Ruse — This unusual name it is claimed, is a nickname for a person with red hair. Certainly it derives from the Old French pre 10th century word Rous translating as red, but the precise meaning is open to some conjecture. Our opinion is that in many… …

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  • 127Russ — Recorded in several forms as shown below, this is an English surname but probably of pre 10th century French origins. It is claimed to be a nickname for a person with red hair, and derives from the word rous translating as red, but the precise… …

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  • 128Russe — Recorded in several forms as shown below, this is an English surname but probably of pre 10th century French origins. It is claimed to be a nickname for a person with red hair, and derives from the word rous translating as red, but the precise… …

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