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Definition: A Scots Gaelic surname meaning "from the mouth of the river." From 'bun' meaning "mouth of" and 'roe' meaning "a river." In Gaelic the 'b' often becomes an 'm' - hence the surname MONROE.
Surname Origin:
Scottish, Irish
Alternate Surname Spellings:
MUNROE, MUNROSE, MONRO, MUNRO
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Books, 1967. Dorward, David. Scottish
Surnames. Collins Celtic (Pocket edition), 1998. Fucilla, Joseph. Our Italian Surnames.
Genealogical Publishing Company, 2003. Smith, Elsdon C. American
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Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges.
A Dictionary of Surnames. Great
Britain: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Reaney, P.H. A Dictionary of English Surnames. Oxford University
Press, 1997.
