(French.) The rock, a lonely mass of stone. De La Roche, “from the rock.”
Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
LAROCHE
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Region of origin
Europe
Country of origin
France
Language of origin
French
Religion of origin
Unknown
Classification
Unknown
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The Laroche surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(French.) The rock, a lonely mass of stone. De La Roche, “from the rock.”
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
LAROCHE. Fr. la roche, the rock. See Eock. " Peter Crothaire, of the province of Bordeaux, came into England in the train of George, Prince of Denmark, and at the desire of his master assumed the name of Laroche." His grandson, James Laroche, was created a baronet in 1776. Burke's Ext. Barts.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.