# De Roo

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**De Roo** is a [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language) surname meaning "the red (haired) one" (*de rode* in modern Dutch).[\[1\]](http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_naam=de%20Roo&nfd_naam=Roo,%20de&info=documentatie&operator=eq&taal=) It is often concatenated to **DeRoo** in [French](/source/French_Flanders) and [West Flanders](/source/West_Flanders).[\[2\]](http://familienamen.be/)

People with this surname include:

**De Roo**

- [Alain De Roo](/source/Alain_De_Roo) (born 1955), Belgian racing cyclist
- [Alexander de Roo](/source/Alexander_de_Roo) (born 1955), Dutch politician
- [Benjamin de Roo](/source/Benjamin_de_Roo) (1940–2016), Dutch-born Australian gymnast
- [Carolus Josephus de Roo](/source/Carolus_Josephus_de_Roo) (1793–1880), Belgian nobility, politician, and magistrate
- [Jo de Roo](/source/Jo_de_Roo) (born 1937), Dutch road racing cyclist
- [Joseph De Roo](/source/Joseph_De_Roo) (1932–2001), Belgian translator of Japanese
- [Peter de Roo](/source/Peter_de_Roo) (born 1970), Dutch footballer
- [Remi De Roo](/source/Remi_De_Roo) (1924–2022), Canadian Roman Catholic bishop
- [Sara De Roo](/source/Sara_De_Roo) (born 1970), Belgian actress

**DeRoo**

- [Antoon Emeric Marcel De Roo](/source/Antoon_Emeric_Marcel_De_Roo) (1936–1971), Belgian naturalist after whom [Deroo's mouse](/source/Deroo's_mouse) was named.
- [Dave DeRoo](/source/Dave_DeRoo) (born 1974), American rock bassist
- [David Deroo](/source/David_Deroo) (born 1985), French road racing cyclist
- [Sam Deroo](/source/Sam_Deroo) (born 1992), Belgian volleyball player

## See also

- [De Roo van Alderwerelt](/source/De_Roo_van_Alderwerelt), Dutch patrician family
- [De Rooij](/source/De_Rooij), surname of the same origin
- [Roe (surname)](/source/Roe_(surname)), with English and Scottish variants Roe or Roo (south), and Rae or Ray (north), meaning "a female deer"[1]

## References

1. ["Surname Database: Roo Last Name Origin"](http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Roo)

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