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What does Ross mean?
Ross 
▼ as a boys' name (also used less widely as girls' name Ross) is pronounced ros. It is of Scottish and Gaelic origin, and the meaning of Ross is "headland, cape". A place name in Scotland. May also be derived from the Gaelic word for "red". Presidential candidate Ross Perot. Also form of Roscoe.
STARTS WITH Ro-
Variations
VARIANTS Rosse, Rossell, Rossiter, Rosston
FEMININE FORM Roseanne
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ross Diesel (R.D.), ..
How popular is Ross?
Ross is a very prominent first name for males (#282 out of 1220, Top 23%) and also a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#89 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ross was first listed in 1880-1889 and reached its top position of #143 in the U.S. then, and is currently at #1112. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
The only other popular varying form of Ross (#1112 VIA LATEST LIST) is Roscoe (#1852). Adoption of these relations of Ross was at its apex during the years 1880-1889 (AVERAGE #141) and is now much reduced (#1482, 91.9% LESS USAGE), with versions such as Ross going out of style.
Similar Names
Ross▼ is pronounced similarly to Ras, Rees, Reese, Reis, Reyes, Rhys▲, Rice, Ries, Roice, Royce▲ and Russ▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Amoss, Cass, Guss▼, Jess▼, Joss, Kass, Moss, Roan, Rob▼, Robb, Robi, Roch, Rock, Rod▼, Rodas, Rodd, Roe, Rog, Roi, Rolf, Rome, Ron▼, Ronn, Rory▲, Rosco, Roth, Roul, Row, Rowe, Rowl, Roy▼, Rush and Russo. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ross.
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