Släkthistoria för Raffles
Raffles Vad efternamn betyder
from Raffles in Mouswald (Dumfriess) comprising Old Scandinavian *ref-hol ‘fox-hole’ in a Scots plural form. The -s in the surname was probably sometimes lost in the modern period but some of the Scottish examples of Raphell Raffell etc. may alternatively belong with Raffle. variant of Raffle with post-medieval excrescent -s. Either of following early bearers may alternatively belong with (1).
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
