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Root

in West Virginia

There are 101 people with the last name "Root" in West Virginia.

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Ranking in West Virginia

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Root 2,090
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  1. is 2,086th most common Mccroskey
  2. is 2,087th most common Nunn
  3. is 2,088th most common Racer
  4. is 2,089th most common Rickard
  5. is 2,090th most common Root
  6. is 2,091st most common Spinks
  7. is 2,092nd most common Stricker
  8. is 2,093rd most common Bridges
  9. is 2,094th most common Carlson

Similar Names and Nicknames

Routh, Roots, Routt, Rott, Roath, Roat, Riott, Rooth, Rootes, Rout

Most Common First Names for Root

William, James, Joan, Stephanie, Carl, Curtis, David, Brian, Caitlin, Carrie

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Meaning & History

1. English: nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rōt).

2. English: metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).

3. Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.

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