Roehr Name Meaning, Origin and Heraldry

Roehr? Think of it as Rohr with a different pen. Surname dictionaries give the meaning as “Someone living by reeds”.

Arms associated with the name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Rohr surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

A variant of Rohr

The extra “e” in Roehr is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.

The 2010 US Census counted 759 people named Roehr, ranking it number 30,701 among American surnames. From 1891 to 2000, 187 births in France were registered under Roehr. Get the complete Roehr report, with a museum-style coat of arms.