Small deer or red-haired
As a surname-turned-given-name, Roe has two primary roots. It stems from the Middle English 'ro', referring to the roe deer, or the Gaelic 'Ruadh', meaning red, often used as a nickname for someone with red hair.
Less common today
Roe isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,777 in 2018.
American contractor and husband of Tammy Faye Bakker
A character in the series 'The Hunger Games' · The Hunger Games
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
