Dictionary of Family Names

Origin of the Surname ROCHESTER.

ROCHESTER (Danish) From a city in Kent, England, so called from roche, French, a rock, and chester, from the Latin castrum, a city or castle; an uneven, rough, and stony place. Reoh, Saxon, and rauh, German, signify rough, rugged, uneven. (See Chester).

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