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Rowberry is a locative surname from a place name deriving from the Middle English ''rou, row(e)'' Old English ''ruh'', meaning "rough or wild" and Middle English ''bergh(e), berwe'' Old English ''beorg'' meaning "hill".〔Reaney, ''Dictionary of British Surnames''〕 It has several extant variations, the two most common variants found today are Rowberry itself together with Rubery, closely followed by Rowbury and Ruberry. Others still found today include Rewbury, Robery, Roebury, Rovery, Rowbery, Rowbory, Rowbree, Rowbrey, Rowburrey, Rubbery, Rubbra, Rubra, Rubrey and Rubury. The name has its origins in a small place in the parish of Bodenham, Herefordshire nowadays represented by the farm named "Rowberry Court". There is a Rowberry One-Name Study researching the name and its variants, further details can be found on the website at: http://www.rowberry.org/index.html ==People== *Anna Rowberry, the New Zealand netballer *Dave Rowberry was a keyboard player with The Animals *Linda Rowberry is the real name of Linda Strawberry the American singer *Borl Rowberry is the real name of singer Cronos *(Shannon Rowbury ) (aka Shannon Gregg-Rowbury) is a 2008 U.S. Olympian & 2009 World Bronze Medalist in the Track & Field Women's 1500m race. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rowberry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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