Meaning: Headland; promontory
The story
Ross comes from a Scottish and English surname identifying someone from a place called Ross. The place names use a Gaelic word for a projecting headland.
Spellings & variants
- Ros
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Ross comes from Scottish Gaelic.
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