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From: Edward Flick <>
Subject: Re: Rotramel - surname
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 00:49:52 GMT


ROTRAMEL is a compound noun.

THe name is not mentioned as such in my German name book but....

A Ramel or Raml is Middle High German for ram.
Rot or earlier Roth described people and animals with
reddish hair.
Therefore the name might have referred to a reddish haired ram.
As you probably know, many people in the Middle Ages coined
their surnames from animals.

Just a thought!

ILse Flick

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