rohrer name meaning
by Theodore Roosevelt Rorrer and John Alexander Rorer. The surname ROHR or ROHRER is of German origin and is derived from the word Rohr, which means, literally, reed, cane; tube, pipe, etc. It is suggested that the name was first taken by one to whom the nickname Rohricht, reed-like, had been applied.t is also stated that the Rohrs were later called Rohre and, still later, Rohrer. Certainly, in ancient German and early American records the name appears in the various spellings of Rohr, Rohre, Rohre, Rore, Rorer, Rhorer, Rhoer, Roer, Roar, Rhor, Rorau, Rohrau, Rohrer, Rorrer, Rohr, Rohrer, etc.