Roh (name)

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Roh is a given name or surname that is found in various languages.

German

Roh is a German-language surname. It is derived from the word roh (meaning 'raw', figuratively referring to a rude person). There are 112 people with this surname in Germany, and there were 264 in Switzerland (as of 2015).[1] Notable people with the surname include:

  • Franz Roh (1890–1965), German historian, photographer and art critic
  • Peter Roh (1811–1872), Swiss Jesuit preacher

Czech

Roh is a Czech surname. It may be derived from the word roh (meaning 'horn') or the first name Roh. There were 144 people with this surname in the Czech Republic in 2016.[1]

Korean

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Roh
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노 (로)
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Revised RomanizationNo (Ro)
McCune–ReischauerNo (Ro)
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Family seal of the Gwangju Roh clan

Roh (노 in South Korea, 로 in North Korea), also transliterated as No, Noh, Ro or Lho, is a Korean surname.[2] It derives from the Chinese surname Lu (surname 盧) or Lu (surname 魯).[citation needed] As of 2015, 315,372 people had this surname in South Korea.[3] Undated figures from the National Institute of Korean Language state that, among people with the surname, 40.3% romanize it as Noh, 22% as No, and 16.2% as Roh. South Korean presidents Roh Moo-hyun and Roh Tae-woo chose to have their surnames written as Roh; Roh Tae-woo wanted to avoid the negative meaning of 'no' in English. The No/Noh romanization reflects the modern South Korean pronunciation of the surname, while the Ro/Roh romanization reflects its Chinese origin.[4][5] Notable people with the surname include:

Japanese

Roh is a Japanese reading of the Kanji 朗 used in names. Notable people with the name include:

  • Roh Ogura (1916–1990), Japanese composer and writer

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