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Subgenre of detective fiction
"locked-room" or "impossible crime" mystery is a type of crime seen in crime and detective fiction. The crime in question, typically murder ("locked-room
Locked-room_mystery
1908 novel by Gaston Leroux
mystery novel written by French author Gaston Leroux. One of the first locked-room mystery novels, it was first published serially in France in the periodical
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room
2006 American TV series or program
aired August 9, 2007) 4. Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery – Dr. Maxwell and Bryant try to solve the mystery of the murder of a New Age spiritualist
Murder_101_(film_series)
1935 novel by John Dickson Carr
The Hollow Man (The Three Coffins in the USA) is a 1935 locked room mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, featuring his recurring investigator
The_Hollow_Man_(Carr_novel)
Subgenre of crime and mystery fiction
seemingly impossible plots and is regarded as the master of the "locked room mystery". Two of Carr's most famous works are The Case of Constant Suicides
Detective_fiction
1972 novel by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö
The Locked Room (original Swedish title: Det slutna rummet) is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, published in 1972. It is
The_Locked_Room
Literary genre
for popularizing what would become known as the historical mystery. The locked-room mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction. The crime—almost always
Mystery_fiction
Novel by Seishi Yokomizo
Leroux's The Mystery of the Yellow Room as an emblematic locked-room mystery. Though writing a noir and sometimes graphic murder mystery, Yokomizo worked
The_Honjin_Murders
1938 novel by John Dickson Carr
Judas Window (also published as The Crossbow Murder) is a famous locked room mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, writing under the
The_Judas_Window
American mystery novelist and playwright (1906–1977)
master of the so-called locked-room mystery, in which a detective solves apparently impossible crimes. The Dr. Fell mystery The Hollow Man (1935), usually
John_Dickson_Carr
Short story by Joseph Commings
Fingerprint Ghost is a locked room mystery short story by American writer Joseph Commings, featuring his detective Brooks U. Banner. Senator Brooks U
Fingerprint_Ghost
1934 novel by Ellery Queen
story writers and reviewers, this novel was voted as the eighth best locked room mystery of all time. A wealthy publisher and collector of precious stones
The_Chinese_Orange_Mystery
1981 novel by Soji Shimada
Further, when discovered, the room is locked and apparently had been locked from inside - leading to a locked room mystery. When the studio is investigated
The_Tokyo_Zodiac_Murders
1935 novel by John Dickson Carr
a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery (more
The_Unicorn_Murders
Topics referred to by the same term
locked-room mystery is a type of crime featured in detective fiction. Locked room may also refer to: The Locked Room, a 1972 mystery novel The Locked
Locked_room_(disambiguation)
most famous locked-room mysteries was The Hollow Man. The resolution of such a story might involve showing how the room was not really "locked", or that
History_of_crime_fiction
French writer (born 1956)
19 June 1956) is a French writer of crime fiction known for his locked room mysteries. Halter was born 19 June 1956 in Haguenau, Bas-Rhin France and pursued
Paul_Halter
1942 novel by Anthony Boucher
American locked room mystery novel by Anthony Boucher (originally published as by "H. H. Holmes", Boucher's frequent pseudonym when writing mysteries or writing
Rocket_to_the_Morgue
1944 novel by Hake Talbot
(1944) is a locked-room mystery novel written by Hake Talbot, a pen name of Henning Nelms. Nelms, as Talbot, published one other mystery novel as well
Rim_of_the_Pit
1933 novel by S.S. Van Dine
a 1933 murder mystery novel written by S. S. Van Dine with fictional detective Philo Vance investigating a complex locked-room mystery. One of the Coe
The_Kennel_Murder_Case
1949 novel by John Dickson Carr
a 1949 mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery (or, more
A_Graveyard_to_Let
1958 novel by John Dickson Carr
murderer? Is the key to how the murder room was locked and bolted from the inside to be found in a locked-room mystery novel plotted by Wilkie Collins? It
The_Dead_Man's_Knock
Topics referred to by the same term
The Mystery Room in the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona Locked-room mystery, a type of crime seen in crime and detective fiction Room: The
Mystery_Room
1929 novel
published by Gollancz rather than Collins. It takes the form of a locked room mystery, a popular branch of the genre during the Golden Age of Detective
The Mystery of the Open Window
The_Mystery_of_the_Open_Window
1939 novel by John Dickson Carr
Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked room mystery (or more properly a subset of the locked room mystery called an "impossible crime"
The_Black_Spectacles
1934 novel
Age armchair detective. It combines elements of the locked room mystery and country house mystery. The weekend guests of the financier Sir Gerald Uppingham
Poison_for_One
1934 novel by John Dickson Carr
of Carter Dickson. The first Sir Henry Merrivale mystery, it is a locked room mystery of the subtype known as an "impossible crime". Ken Blake is approached
The_Plague_Court_Murders
English mystery novel
in London's East End, it is one of the earliest examples of the locked-room mystery genre. The story served as the basis for three Hollywood film versions
The_Big_Bow_Mystery
Book by Paul Halter
Adrian McKinty considered The Seventh Hypothesis the third best locked-room mystery. One plot point turns on the revelation that a Mechanical Turk chess
The_Seventh_Hypothesis
1938 novel
featuring Lancelot Priestley, a Golden Age armchair detective. A locked room mystery, the title revolves around the fact that two murders are committed
Invisible_Weapons
1925 novel by John Dickson Carr
a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery and
The_Red_Widow_Murders
1939 novel by Clayton Rawson
Footprints on the Ceiling (1939) is a locked-room mystery novel written by Clayton Rawson. It is the second of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a
The_Footprints_on_the_Ceiling
"The X Street Murders" is a locked room mystery short story by Joseph Commings, featuring his detective Brooks U. Banner. The story begins on X Street
The_X_Street_Murders
Fictional detective created by Edmund Crispin
1979. Fen is an unconventional detective who is often faced with a locked room mystery to solve. Fen is described as lanky, cheerful and ruddy with a clean
Gervase_Fen
Fictional character
of mystery stories by author Melville Davisson Post. The Abner stories, which first began appearing in 1911, are considered benchmarks of the locked room
Uncle_Abner
1932 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
Have His Carcase is a 1932 locked-room mystery by Dorothy L. Sayers, her seventh novel featuring Lord Peter Wimsey and the second in which Harriet Vane
Have_His_Carcase
1938 novel by Clayton Rawson
Death from a Top Hat (1938) is a locked-room mystery novel written by Clayton Rawson. It is the first of four mysteries featuring The Great Merlini, a stage
Death_from_a_Top_Hat
Deuterocanonical text
and the temple. This version has been cited as an ancestor of the "locked-room mystery". According to the brief companion narrative of the dragon (Daniel
Bel_and_the_Dragon
Topics referred to by the same term
Man or The Hollow Man may refer to: The Hollow Man (1935 novel), a locked room mystery novel by John Dickson Carr The Hollow Man (1992 novel), a science
The_Hollow_Man
1934 novel by John Dickson Carr
is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the pen name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery
The_White_Priory_Murders
Literary genre
locked-room mystery is a specialized kind of a whodunit in which the crime is committed under apparently impossible circumstances, such as a locked room
Crime_fiction
1937 novel by John Dickson Carr
Teacups (U.S. title: The Peacock Feather Murders), is a locked room mystery by American mystery writer John Dickson Carr, writing as Carter Dickson. It
The_Ten_Teacups
American actor (born 1951)
series) 2007 College Can Be Murder If Wishes Were Horses 2008 The Locked Room Mystery Light Years Away Colonel Burke Feature film (released 2015) 2010
Barry_Van_Dyke
1868 novel by Wilkie Collins
Poe's short story mysteries "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841) (which introduced the famous locked-room paradigm), "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842)
The_Moonstone
1930 novel by John Dickson Carr
series detective Henri Bencolin. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked-room mystery. It has been compared to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
It_Walks_By_Night
1938 novel by John Dickson Carr
top ten "impossible crime" mysteries of all time (created by noted locked-room mystery writer Edward D. Hoch). "A LOCKED ROOM LIBRARY, by John Pugmire"
The_Crooked_Hinge
Novel by Paul Auster
and The Locked Room (1986), it has since been collected into a single volume. The Trilogy is a postmodern interpretation of detective and mystery fiction
The_New_York_Trilogy
French author and journalist (1868–1927)
Webber's 1986 musical. His 1908 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked room mysteries. Leroux was born in Paris in 1868, the
Gaston_Leroux
2012 Japanese TV series or program
(鍵のかかった部屋, Locked Room) is a 2012 Japanese Getsuku television drama series distributed by Universal Pictures under the locked-room mystery genre broadcast
Kagi_no_Kakatta_Heya
2025 film by Rian Johnson
finial from a bar the day before, he becomes the main suspect in a locked-room mystery. Police chief Geraldine Scott summons detective Benoit Blanc to investigate
Wake_Up_Dead_Man
1944 novel by John Dickson Carr
his series detective Gideon Fell. This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked room mystery. Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime
Till Death Do Us Part (Carr novel)
Till_Death_Do_Us_Part_(Carr_novel)
1965 novel by John Dickson Carr
published in 1965, is a mystery novel by John Dickson Carr. Featuring his series detective Gideon Fell, this novel is a locked room mystery. It was dedicated
The_House_at_Satan's_Elbow
1953 novel by John Dickson Carr
a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery and
The_Cavalier's_Cup
1944 mystery novel by Edmund Crispin
The Case of the Gilded Fly is a locked-room mystery by the English author Edmund Crispin (Bruce Montgomery), written while Crispin was an undergraduate
The_Case_of_the_Gilded_Fly
2006 light novel by Nisio Isin
trail of victims murdered in the style of a locked room mystery. Wara Ningyos nailed to the walls of a locked room. Four rooms. Four murders to be committed
Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
Death_Note_Another_Note:_The_Los_Angeles_BB_Murder_Cases
British actor (born 1955)
Shaughnessy portrayed the murder victim (Samuel, Guru) in Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery. As of September 2008, his voice was heard in television commercials
Charles_Shaughnessy
1937 novel by John Dickson Carr
The Burning Court (1937) is a famous locked room mystery by John Dickson Carr. However, it contains neither Gideon Fell nor Henry Merrivale, Carr's two
The_Burning_Court
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Strand Magazine in February 1892. "The Speckled Band" is a classic locked-room mystery that deals with the themes of parental greed, inheritance and freedom
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The_Adventure_of_the_Speckled_Band
Spanish television series
of a killer. The isolation of the open sea serves as a floating "locked-room" mystery where no one can escape. The final season takes place in the Sahara
The_Head_(2020_TV_series)
1961 novel by Robert van Gulik
Island (the setting for the story). This novel is a mystery of the type known as a locked room mystery. Judge Dee, the magistrate of Poo-yang, has an unexpected
The_Red_Pavilion
English novelist (born 1961)
(previously "The Man with no Face"). He also published "The Locked Room Mystery mystery" [sic] in The Guardian newspaper in 2007; this story remains
Jasper_Fforde
1932 book by Franklin W. Dixon
after its original publication. The book can also be considered a locked-room mystery. This book was written for the Stratemeyer Syndicate by Leslie McFarlane
While_the_Clock_Ticked
1949 novel by Akimitsu Takagi
who had killed Taijiro Chizui (千鶴井 泰次郎, Chizui Taijirō), who dies in a locked room. Sarah Weinman of The New York Times wrote that the story setup was "wickedly
The_Noh_Mask_Murder
1940 novel by John Dickson Carr
detective Gideon Fell. It is mystery novel of the locked room mystery type, more properly a subset of the locked room mystery called an "impossible crime"
The_Man_Who_Could_Not_Shudder
1944 novel by John Dickson Carr
Patience is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr, who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a locked room mystery and features
He_Wouldn't_Kill_Patience
American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)
reviewers, his novel Nine Times Nine was voted as the ninth best locked room mystery of all time.[better source needed] White was born in Oakland, California
Anthony_Boucher
1913 film
novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Gaston Leroux. Chautard remade the film in the United States in 1919. In a classic locked-room mystery, Mathilde
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1913 film)
The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room_(1913_film)
1939 novel by John Dickson Carr
their respective pen names Carter Dickson and John Rhode. It is a locked room mystery. A businessman, Sir Ernest Tallant, dies in an elevator in such a
Drop_to_His_Death
Were Horses Murder 101: College Can Be Murder 2008 Murder 101: The Locked Room Mystery 2011 Hollywood Treasure Himself Episode: "Chitty Chitty Bid Bid"
Dick Van Dyke on screen and stage
Dick_Van_Dyke_on_screen_and_stage
1929 novel by Ellery Queen
Ellery Queen.) The character of Ellery Queen and the more-or-less locked room mystery format were probably suggested by the novels featuring detective
The_Roman_Hat_Mystery
1988 book by Douglas Adams
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul is a 1988 humorous fantasy detective novel by Douglas Adams. It is the second book by Adams featuring private detective
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
The_Long_Dark_Tea-Time_of_the_Soul
1945 book by Enid Blyton
The Mystery of the Secret Room (1945) is the third in the Five Find-Outers series of children's mystery novels by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Joseph Abbey
The Mystery of the Secret Room
The_Mystery_of_the_Secret_Room
1841 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
then explains the reasoning leading up to it. It is also the first locked room mystery in detective fiction. On the other hand, unlike many detective stories
The_Murders_in_the_Rue_Morgue
Character created by G. K. Chesterton
K. Chesterton, published between 1910 and 1936. Father Brown solves mysteries and crimes using his intuition and keen understanding of human nature
Father_Brown
Short story
and was illustrated by Robert Fawcett in Collier's. The story is a locked-room mystery. It expands on the comment by Doctor Watson in "The Adventure of
The Adventure of the Sealed Room
The_Adventure_of_the_Sealed_Room
1941 novel by John Dickson Carr
Dickson Carr. Like much of Dickson Carr's work, this novel is a locked room mystery, in addition to being a whodunnit. Unlike most of the other Dr. Fell
The Case of the Constant Suicides
The_Case_of_the_Constant_Suicides
1952 novel by Ellery Queen
King at exactly midnight on June 21. At that time, King is locked in a hermetically sealed room accompanied only by his wife; Judah is under Ellery's observation
The_King_Is_Dead_(novel)
Subgenre of detective fiction
that takes the form of a collection of closed-circle murder-mysteries Locked-room mystery Marvin A. Carlson (November 1993). Deathtraps: the postmodern
Closed_circle_of_suspects
1942 novel
led by a former army officer Major Boddy. It takes the former of a locked room mystery with a closed circle of suspects, both popular variations of the
Death_Knows_No_Calendar
1970 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
Glebsky as he attempts to solve a classic locked-room mystery. However, the novel subverts common mystery novel tropes, and flouts the second of Ronald
Dead_Mountaineer's_Inn
1938 mystery novel by Agatha Christie
and is a locked room mystery. The premise is a family reuniting for Christmas, and they find the host of the gathering murdered in a private room. Multi-millionaire
Hercule_Poirot's_Christmas
2017 science fiction novel by Mur Lafferty
fans and fans of a good mystery." Megan M. McArdle in Library Journal writes "Lafferty ... delivers the ultimate locked-room mystery combined with top-notch
Six_Wakes
2021 novel by Kali Wallace
mystery and deals with themes related to racism, xenophobia, corporate corruption, and worker's rights. Publishers Weekly described it as a "locked-room
Dead_Space_(novel)
1864 novel by J Sheridan Le Fanu
reviewers and modern critics alike. It is an early example of the locked-room mystery subgenre, rather than a novel of the supernatural (despite a few
Uncle_Silas
1948 novel by Akimitsu Takagi
artist Horiyasu, found in a bathroom, which was locked. In 1948 the book won the award from the Mystery Writers Club. Marilyn Stasio wrote an overall positive
The_Tattoo_Murder_Case
1950 British thriller film
a carriage driver. Johnny lends George 50 francs and gives his name and room number when George insists on being able to pay him back. The next morning
So_Long_at_the_Fair
Ancient books found in some editions of Bibles
Kings 3:25). Bel and the Dragon is perhaps the earliest example of a locked room mystery. Shylock's reference in The Merchant of Venice to "A Daniel come
Biblical_apocrypha
American writer
American writer of locked room mysteries. He wrote a series of soft-core sex novels, but is best known for his locked-room mystery/impossible crime short
Joseph_Commings
1922 novel by A. A. Milne
The Red House Mystery is a whodunnit by A. A. Milne, published in 1922. It was Milne's only mystery novel (except for Four Days Wonder). The setting is
The_Red_House_Mystery
1937 mystery novel by Dorothy L. Sayers
reporters. Arriving late at night, they are surprised to find the house locked up and not prepared for them. They gain access and spend their wedding night
Busman's_Honeymoon
Short story by Jacques Futrelle
Crime Classics: The Mystery Story from Poe to the Present. Viking Penguin. ISBN 0-14-013128-0. Douglas G. Greene, ed. (1987). Death Locked In. International
The_Problem_of_Cell_13
1919 film
Mystery of the Yellow Room (in French Le mystère de la chambre jaune) was originally a novel by Gaston Leroux, one of the first locked room mystery novels
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1919 film)
The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room_(1919_film)
2006 novel by Gilbert Adair
old-fashioned thriller." The Act of Roger Murgatroyd is also a "locked room mystery" and is also a part of Adair's Evadne Mount trilogy. The title alludes
The_Act_of_Roger_Murgatroyd
1937 novel
title The Clue of the Fourteen Keys. It takes the form of both a locked room mystery and a closed circle of suspects, both popular branches of the genre
Death_at_the_Club
1939 film
Browning's final film as a director. The film is based on a locked-room mystery novel by well-known mystery writer Clayton Rawson, Death from a Top Hat, which
Miracles_for_Sale
1956 detective novel by Ngaio Marsh
Off with His Head is a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh; it is the nineteenth novel to feature Roderick Alleyn. It was first published in the USA by Little
Off_with_His_Head
Short story by Stephen King
effectively a locked room mystery; there is no place in Hull's study for anyone to hide without being seen, and all the doors and windows were locked by the
The_Doctor's_Case
Play by Bayard Veiller
melodrama using mystery fiction devices: a murder during a seance, and a locked-room mystery. There are no clues given to the audience to identify the murderer
The_Thirteenth_Chair_(play)
Fictional character
Majesty"), or "the Maestro", Merrivale appears in 22 of Carr's locked-room mysteries and "impossible crime" novels of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, as
Sir_Henry_Merrivale
Short story by Isaac Asimov
Asimov called "the three well-worn gimmicks of pact with the devil, locked room mystery, and time travel". Isidore Wellby has just left the army and, abandoned
Gimmicks_Three
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Surname or Lastname
English (common in East Anglia)
English (common in East Anglia) : occupational name for a servant or a shepherd, from Middle English grÅm(e) ‘boy’, ‘servant’ (of uncertain origin), which in some places was specialized to mean ‘shepherd’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cripple or hunchback, from Middle English crom(p), Old English crumb ‘bent’, ‘crooked’, ‘stooping’. Compare Crump.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of hooks, from Middle English crome, cromb ‘hook’, ‘crook’ (from Old English crumb ‘bent’, reinforced by an Old French borrowing from a Germanic cognate).English : habitational name from Croom in East Yorkshire or Croome in Worcestershire. The first is named with Old English crÅhum, dative plural (used originally after a preposition) of crÅh ‘narrow valley’ (a cognate of Old Norse krá ‘corner’, ‘bend’, and related to the words mentioned in 1 and 2 above). The place in Worcestershire is named with an old British river name ultimately cognate with the other words mentioned here; compare Welsh crwm ‘crooked’, ‘winding’.Americanized spelling of German Krumm.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a topographic name for someone living in the Lickey Hills, southwest of Birmingham.Perhaps an altered spelling of Scottish Leckie.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock).English : topographic name for someone who lived by a lock or enclosure, from a derivative of Middle English loke (see Lock 2).English : variant of Luker.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Luker.Belgian (van Loker) : habitational name from Loker in West Flanders.
Boy/Male
English
Lives by tbe stronghold. Surname referring to a lock or locksmith.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German
Dutch (also de Roos) and Swiss German : habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a rose.Dutch (also de Roos) : metonymic occupational name for someone who grew roses, from roos ‘rose’.Dutch : from the female personal name Rosa (Latin rosa ‘rose’).Dutch : nickname from roos ‘erysipelas’, an infection which causes reddening of the skin and scalp, applied presumably to someone with a ruddy complexion.Swiss German : from a personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.Swedish and Danish (of German origin) : as 1.Swedish : variant of Ros.English and Scottish : variant of Ross 2.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Dorset)
English (mainly Dorset) : occupational name for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’ (see Lock, and compare Locker).
Surname or Lastname
German (Blöcker)
German (Blöcker) : occupational name for a jailer (see Block 1).English : occupational name for a shoemaker or bookbinder (see Block); a person called Henry le Blocker is recorded in York in 1212. However, in some cases the English name is of German origin (see 1 above); the census of 1881 records, amongst others, a Herman Blocker and a John Blocker, both born in Germany.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Loving, Tender
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Frome.German : from a short form of a personal name composed with Middle High German vrom, vrum ‘valiant’, ‘steadfast’ (see Frommelt).
Boy/Male
Muslim
Spirit, Soul, Good behaviour, Purity
Male
Scottish
Pet form of Scottish Lùcas, LOCKIE means "from Lucania."Â
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places called Broom(e) or Brome, from Old English brÅm ‘broom’, ‘gorse’. There are such places in Bedfordshire, County Durham, Norfolk, Shropshire, Suffolk, Worcestershire, and elsewhere.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Lives by the Stronghold; Surname Referring to a Lock; Locksmith; Woods; Fortified Place
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the bird (Old English hrÅc), most likely given to a person with very dark hair or a dark complexion or to someone with a raucous voice.English : some early examples, such as Robert of ye Rook (London 1318) and Henry del Rook (Staffordshire 1332), point clearly to a local name of some kind. The first of these could be from a house sign, the second may be a variant of Rock 1.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrok, of uncertain origin; perhaps a cognate of 1 or from Middle High German rÅhen ‘to cry or yell (in battle)’ or Old High German ruoh ‘intent’.Perhaps an altered spelling of German Ruck.
Girl/Female
British, English
Stronghold
Surname or Lastname
English, Dutch, and German
English, Dutch, and German : variant of Lock.Dutch (van Locke) : habitational name from any of various places called Loock, from look ‘enclosure’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a cheerful person, from Middle English rote ‘glad’ (Old English rÅt).English : metonymic occupational name for a player on the rote, an early medieval stringed instrument (Middle English, Old French rote, of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth).Dutch : topographic name for someone who lived by a retting place (Dutch root, a derivative of ro(o)ten ‘to ret’, akin to modern English rot), a place where flax is soaked in tubs of water until the stems rot to release the linen fibers.
Surname or Lastname
English (Devon and Somerset)
English (Devon and Somerset) : from a diminutive of Cocke.
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