Monroe surname meaning

Monroe is the American spelling most often associated with the Scottish Munro or Munroe surname. Traditional explanations make it territorial, from a person connected with the River Roe or a place in the Scottish Highlands; the familiar gloss is “man from the River Roe.” Gaelic and later English spellings developed in more than one form, including Munro and Monro. The catalog uses place for the territorial tradition, with likely rather than high confidence because detailed analyses of the place-name elements and Gaelic history vary.