Family name origins & meanings
- German : habitational name based on a field name derived from Middle High German riuten, roten ‘to clear land (for cultivation)’ + acker ‘field’.
- German : from a Germanic personal name, Hrodachar, formed with hrōd ‘renown’.
- German : Altered spelling of Swiss German Rothacher, a habitational name for someone from any of several places named Rothach or Rottach.