Roll Family History
Roll Name Meaning
German (also Röll): from Middle High German rolle rulle ‘roll list’ possibly applied as a metonymic occupational name for a scribe. German: from a short form of the personal names Rudolf or Roland . German: habitational name from either of two places called Rolle in Westphalia and Pomerania. English (Norfolk and Suffolk): of Norman origin a variant of Rolfe .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022