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[Surname] Re: German surname RETHER

by menke

9/16/2005, 4:19 AM

in reply to a message by Andy ;—)

I found a site saying it is from Rother, a Germanic firstname, composed of hrod and her , meaning "famous army".

sources: http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php?id=16199&act=zoeken
http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/voornamen/VNB/index.php
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~bgwiehle/siebenburgen/sbs-namen/sbs-namen-cat12.htm

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