Rogel Family History

Spanish: from the personal name Rogel an equivalent of French Roger. Americanized form of Slovenian Rogelj: nickname or topographic name from rogelj ‘horn point’ figuratively ‘tall young man’ as a topographic name probably denoting someone who lived e.g. on a horn-shaped spur of a hill.

The surname in the form Rogel is found in Slovenia too where it is a less common variant. German: perhaps a nickname for a mischievous person from Middle High German rogel ‘loose’.