Roser Family History
Roser Name Meaning
German: topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew (see Rose ) with the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant or an occupational name for a rose grower or a nickname for a lover of roses. German (Röser): habitational name for someone from any of the places called Rös Roes or Rösa in Bavaria Rhineland and Saxony. German (Röser): variant of Rösser (see Rosser ). Swiss German (Röser): from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name based on hrōd ‘renown’. English: variant of Rosier . Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Rose ‘rose’ + the agent suffix -er (compare 1 above) one of surnames assigned at random by Austrian clerks.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022