Frequency: (269)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Southern French: occupational name for a wheelwright or topographic name for someone who lived by a waterwheel, from an agent derivative of Occitan rode ‘wheel’ (Latin rota).
GIVEN NAMES: French 7%. Alphonse, Armand, Camille.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
