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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan : nickname from Catalan rull, either in its sense of mill roller, or hair curl.
  • Catalan : possibly also from a derivative of the Germanic personal name Raülf, composed of the elements rad ‘counsel’, ‘advice’ + wolf ‘wolf’. Compare English Ralph.

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