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Surname Etymology and Meaning of ROUSSEAU

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(origin: Fr.) One having reddish hair, carrot color. Ruisseau, local, a brook.

Source: An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names With an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857).

French: nickname for someone with red hair, from a diminutive of Roux.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names (2003)