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Rothschild
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Rothschild (variant: Rothchild) is a German surname. It is a habitational name from a house distinguished with a red sign (Middle High German rot = "red" + schild = "sign", "shield"), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century.
The proper German pronunciation can be rendered in English as "Rote-shilt" or in the IPA as [ˈroːt.ˌʃɪlt]. Note that the "s" in the middle belongs to the second syllable, not the first. In English the surname is normally pronounced "Roth-child" (IPA: /ˈrɒθtʃaɪld/) or "Roth's-child" (/ˈrɒθstʃaɪld/).
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The most notable family with this surname are the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who formed a European financial dynasty. See also:
- Rothschild banking family of Naples
- Rothschild banking family of England
- Rothschild banking family of Austria
- Rothschild banking family of France
- N M Rothschild & Sons in London
- de Rothschild Frères in Paris
- S M von Rothschild in Vienna
- Château Lafite Rothschild, French vineyard
- Château Mouton Rothschild, French vineyard
- Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring
The name has also been adopted by many Ashkenazi Jews:
- Paul Rothchild, producer of The Doors, Janis Joplin, Rhinoceros
- Abraham Rothschild
- Dorothy Parker, née Rothschild
- Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from The Red Green Show)
- Jean-Pierre de Rothschild, French astrophysicist turned impressionist painter, mother Diana von Rothschild
- Hanks, Patrick Dictionary of American Family Names Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-508137-4