the different Orthographies
of our name
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As we explained in the page concearning the meaning of our name, our family name went through a few radical changes over the centuries.
On top of this, in former times there were no generally accepted rules for spelling and substantial differences in written language could be found in different regions.
Every scribe had developped his own specific stile and spelling habits, so even in the same region different orthographies of a family name can exist.
The different orthographies of the de le Roke family name
- Nikolon de le Roke (Doornik a°1221)
- Jehan Delerocque (Doornik a°1315)
- Wiart Roke (Doornik a°1349)
- Jehane de le Rocque (Doornik a°1396)
- Jehan de le Roche (Doornik a°1453)
- Jehan de le Roque (Ellezelles a°1469)
- Pierre de le Rocq (Flobecq a°1540)
- Loy Rock (Oudenaarde a°1572)
The different orthographies of the van de Roke family name
- Jac van de roke (Gent a°1379)
- Jacop vander Roeke (Berchem a°1396)
- Pieter de Roeke (Berchem a°1396)
- Jacob vander Roke (Gent a°1394)
- Jan vande Roken (Berchem a°1422)
- Jacop van Roke (Berchem a° 1456)
- Jacop Roke (Oudenaarde a° 1470)
- Arent vander roken (Berchem a°1501)
- arnout van Rocke (Berchem a°1520)
- Arent van Rockem (Berchem a°1524)
- Arent Rocken (Berchem a° 1535)
- arent vande rocke (Berchem a° 1536)
- arendt van rochen (Berchem a° 1539)
- vander rocken (Kerkhove a°1557)
- vander roucken (Berchem a°1557)
- van der ocke (a° 1571)
The different orthographies of the Verroken family name
- verroken
- verrocken
- veroken
- veroke
- verooke
- verocke
- vroocke
- verroeken
- veroucke
- verroquen
- verhoken
- verhocken
- verhoeken
- verhoeke
- verhaucke
- verhoke
- verhaucken
The different orthographies of the Van Roocke family name
- vander roecke (Leiden a° 1590)
- Van Roucke (Leiden a° 1591)
- van de roucke (Leiden a° 1592)
- Van Roocke (Leiden a° 1592)
- Van Roockelen (Leiden)
- Van Roocque (Warmond)
- Van Roocken (Warmond)
- Van Roke (Delft)
- Van Roken (Rotterdam)
- Van Roek (Delft)
- Vander Roek (Bleiswijk)
- Van Rooken (Leiden)
- Rocquius (Amsterdam
- Van Rochus (Delft)
- Rockens (Leiden)
The surviving orthographies
Of the name de le roke, the forms Delrocq and Delrock, and probably Delerock and Derocq have survived.
Of all the different orthographies of the name van de roke only Verroken, Verhoken and Verhoeke still exist.
The family names van Roe(c)ke and Van Roock are probably different ways of spelling the name Van Roocke.
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