Roter

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

• Polish:/rɔt̪ɛr/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Roter is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Hebrew surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, Poland, Romania

  Also written רוטר, Rotter, Rutter, Reuther, ראטר

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Roṭer, Röter

• Russian surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, Türkiye, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Ротер, Rother, Ротхер, Röther

26 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Roter is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, comparative degree of rot

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, first-person singular present passive subjunctive of rotō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In fro, to play the rote (musical instrument)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In French, to belch; to burp

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Norwegian Bokmål, present of rote

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• George Roterb. 1976CACanadian businessman
• Sharon Roterb. 1977ILIsraeli singer
• Ambrož RoterSIresearcher

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

18 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 8 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Roter come from?

Surname from the personal characteristic 'rot' (red, likely red-haired). Bearer count: 71. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.

How do you pronounce Roter?

In Polish /rɔt̪ɛr/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

What does the name Roter mean?

Recorded meaning: Surname from the personal characteristic 'rot' (red, likely red-haired).

Which countries have the most people with the surname Roter?

In Poland, the national register counted about 728 people named Roter, more than in any other country we hold. After it come Germany, Brazil, United States and Congo - Kinshasa; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Roter most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Roter is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 30 thousand people — even though Poland holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Roter?

In Poland, the national register counted 728 people named Roter in 2026, about 1 in 53 thousand residents.