# Rowbotham

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English rūh (“rough, overgrown”) + botm (“bottom”), a topographic surname for someone who lived in an overgrown valley.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rowbotham