Family name origins & meanings
- English and French : occupational name for a wheelright, from Old French roier, rouwier, rouer, roer.
- French : from a Germanic personal name composed of hrōd ‘renown’ + hari, heri ‘army’.
- Respelling of German Rauer.
Updated: June 9, 2019
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