Släkthistoria för Rowcliffe
Rowcliffe Vad efternamn betyder
from Rowcliffe in Mariansleigh (Devon) which is recorded as Roughcleave in 1765. The medieval bearer cited below constitutes the earliest evidence for the place-name which derives from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + clif ‘cliff steep slope hillside’. see Rawcliffe.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
