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Rook name meaning

First Name
381
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
5k
in the U.S.
in 2010
Girls
Boys

Meaning and Origin

What does the name Rook mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.

Origin and Meaning of Rook

User Submitted Origins

English
67%
Scandinavian
17%
Anglo-Saxon
8%
Dutch
8%

User Submitted Meanings

  1. According to a user from Illinois, U.S., the name Rook is of Dutch origin and means "Smoke".
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Rook
Mist; fog. See Roke.
verb Rook
To squat; to ruck.
noun Rook
One of the four pieces placed on the corner squares of the board; a castle.

Etymology: F. roccf. Sp. roque), fr. Per. & Ar. rokh, or rukh, the rook or castle at chess, also the bird rocin this sense perhaps a different word); cf. Hind. rath a war chariot, the castle at chess, Skr. ratha a car, a war car. Cf. Roll

noun Rook
Senses
  1. [Zoöl] A European bird (Corvus frugilegus) resembling the crow, but smaller. It is black, with purple and violet reflections. The base of the beak and the region around it are covered with a rough, scabrous skin, which in old birds is whitish. It is gregarious in its habits. The name is also applied to related Asiatic species." The rook . . . should be treated as the farmer's friend." [Pennant.]
  2. A trickish, rapacious fellow; a cheat; a sharper.

Etymology: AS. hrōc; akin to OHG. hruoh ruoh ruoho, Icel. hrōkr, Sw. roka, Dan. raage; cf. Goth. hrukjan to crow

verb Rook
To cheat; to defraud by cheating.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. Common gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow
  2. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard
  3. Deprive of by deceit
Wiktionary
A rook (bird)
  1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
  2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  3. (Britain) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  4. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.

From Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (“crow, raven”) (compare Old Irish cerc (“hen”), Old Prussian kerko (“loon, diver”), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон (krókon, “raven”), Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “falcon”), Old Armenian ագռաւ (agṙaw), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝 (kahrkatat̰, “rooster”), Sanskrit कृकर (kṛkara, “rooster”)), Ukrainian крук (kruk, “raven”).

  1. A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.
  2. A cheat or swindler; someone who betrays.
  3. (Britain) a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare birds of the same name.
  4. A trick-taking game, usually played with a specialized deck of cards.
A rook (chess)
  1. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  2. (rare) A castle or other fortification.

From Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ (rox), from Middle Persian lhw' (rox, “rook, castle (chess)”), of unknown origin. Compare roc.

  1. (chess) A piece shaped like a castle tower, that can be moved only up, down, left or right (but not diagonally) or in castling.
  2. (rare) A castle or other fortification.

From rookie.

  1. (baseball, slang) A rookie.

    rook was also found in the following language(s): Dutch

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Rook

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    The Rook

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    Jean Kathleen Rook

    Jean Kathleen Rook was a columnist. Jean was born on November 13th, 1931 in Kingston upon Hull. She breathed her last breath in 1991.

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    John Rook

    John Rook was an american radio scheduling programmer, executive, businessman, american radio scheduling (broadcasting) programmer, and businessman (john rook & associates). John was born on October 9th, 1937 in --03-01. He breathed his last breath on March 1st, 2016.

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    Arthur Rook

    Arthur was born on May 26th, 1921. He passed away on September 30th, 1989.

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    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Rook U.S.
      White 89.67% 64.26%
      African American 4.11% 11.96%
      Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 1.20% 4.85%
      American Indian and Alaska Native 0.71% 0.69%
      Two or More Ethnicities 1.93% 1.76%
      Hispanic or Latino 2.38% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Rook

    People with the last name Rook are most frequently White

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    Fun Facts about the name Rook

  1. How Popular is the name Rook? Rook is the 19,715th most popular name of all time. As a last name Rook was the 7,165th most popular name in 2010.
  2. How many people with the first name Rook have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 381 babies born with the first name Rook in the United States. That's more than enough people named Rook to occupy the territory of Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) with an estimated population of 66 (as of July 1, 2008).
  3. What year were 5 or more babies first named Rook? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 2001 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  4. When was Rook first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Rook is Friday, April 7th, 1899.
  5. What year had the most people named Rook born? The highest recorded use of the first name Rook was in 2019 with a total of 48 babies.
  6. Random Rook Factoid: According to the 2015 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Rook is not a popular baby boy's name in California. Imagine that, only 6 babies in California have the same name in 2015.
  7. Weird things about the name Rook: The name spelled backwards is Koor. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Koro. How do you pronounce that?
  8. How many people have the last name Rook? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 4,668 people with the last name Rook.
  9. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Rook? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 2 of them will have Rook as their last name.
  10. Rook name meaning

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