Rothschild (variant: Rothchild) is a popular German surname. It is a habitational name from a house distinguished with a red sign (Middle High German rot (or roth)= "red" + schild = "sign", "shield"), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century.

The standard German pronunciation is[ˈroːt.ʃɪlt] (approximately "Rote-shilt"), with the s part of the second syllable schild. In English the surname is usually pronounced /ˈrɒθ.tʃaɪld/ "Roth-child" or /ˈrɒθs.tʃaɪld/ "Roth's-child".

The German surnames "Rothschild" and "Rothchild" are not related to the Scottish surname "Rothchilds": roth or rot [Germanic] = red. roe [Old Gaelic] = red-hair or red-head. roe in the ancient Danish language, signifies a king. childs = child or children. The name childs was given to youths, page boys and valets/varlets from seven to fourteen years of age, while receiving their education for knighthood. Therefore "Rothchilds" = red-headed child/children or child of a king receiving an education. The Rothchilds families are principally from Scotland.

People

Rothschild banking families

The most notable family with this surname are the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who formed a European financial dynasty, which was perhaps the wealthiest family, by the scale of their private fortune, in world history.

See also

• Rothschild banking family of Naples
• Rothschild banking family of England
• Rothschild banking family of Austria
• Rothschild banking family of France

Other Rothschilds

The name is also the name of many Ashkenazi Jews, who are not related to the famous family:

• Abraham Rothschild
• Jean-Pierre de Rothschild, French astrophysicist turned impressionist painter, mother Diana von Rothschild
• Paul A. Rothchild, producer of The Doors, Janis Joplin, Rhinoceros
• Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from The Red Green Show)

Other uses

Banks

• L.F. Rothschild, a defunct U.S. investment bank, acquired in 1988
• N M Rothschild & Sons in London, known as Rothschild
• LCF Rothschild Group, the private bank of the Rothschild banking family of France

Locations

• Château Lafite Rothschild, French vineyard
• Château Mouton Rothschild, French vineyard
• Château Clarke, French vineyard
• Château des Laurets, French vineyard
• Palais Rothschild, palaces in Vienna
• Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, a palace in Paris
• Rothschild Boulevard
• Rothschild Island
• Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, Tring
• Rothschild, Wisconsin

Miscellaneous

• Rothschild giraffe

People in alphabetical order

A

• Abraham Rothschild
• Albert Rothschild (b. 1961)
• Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844-1911)
• Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918)
• Alice Charlotte von Rothschild (1847-1922)
• Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905)
• Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955–1996)
• Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773–1855)
• Anselm von Rothschild (1803-1874)
• Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887-1961)
• Anthony James de Rothschild (b. 1977)
• Anthony Nathan de Rothschild (1810–1876)
• Ariane de Rothschild

B

• Benjamin de Rothschild
• Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914–1999)

C

• Carl Mayer von Rothschild born Calmann Mayer Rothschild (1788–1855)
• Charles Rothschild (1877–1923)
• Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (b. 1955)
• Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884)

D

• David Lionel de Rothschild (b. 1955), British horticulturist
• David Mayer de Rothschild (b. 1978)
• David René de Rothschild (b. 1942)
• Dorothy de Rothschild (1895–1988)
• Dorothy Parker, (1893–1967) née Rothschild

E

• Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934)
• Edmond de Rothschild (1926-1997)
• Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (b. 1916)
• Elie de Rothschild (1917–2007)
• Elisabeth de Rothschild (1902–1945)
• Emma Georgina Rothschild (b. 1948)
• Eric Rothschild (b.1967)
• Eric Rothschild (lawyer for Kitzmiller in Kitzmiller vs. Dover School Board)
• Eva Rothschild (1972–) Irish Artist
• Evelina de Rothschild (1839–1866)
• Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (1886–1917)
• Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (b. 1931)

G

• Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)

F

• Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839–1898)

H

• Hannah de Rothschild, Countess of Rosebery (1851–1890)

J

• Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (b. 1936)
• James Armand de Rothschild (1878–1957)
• James Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868)
• Jeanne Stuart von Rothschild or Jeanne de Rothschild, actress (1908–2003)
• Jean-Pierre de Rothschild, French astrophysicist
• Joachim Von Rothschild, 3rd Count Rothschild, Austrian Diplomat (1929–1998)
• Julius de Rothschild, (b. 1981)

L

• Leopold de Rothschild (1845-1917)
• Leopold David de Rothschild (b. 1927)
• Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879)
• Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882-1942)
• Ludwig (Louis) von Nathaniel (1882-1955)
• London de Rothschild (b. 1982)

M

• Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874)
• Miriam Louisa Rothschild (1908–2005)

N

• Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836)
• Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870)
• Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1840–1915)
• Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild (1836-1905)
• Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (born 1936)
• Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1910–1990)
• Nathaniel Philip Rothschild (born 1971)
• Kathleen Annie Pannonica Rothschild (Baroness Nica de Koenigswarter) (1913–1988)

P

• Paul A. Rothchild, producer
• Pauline de Rothschild (1908–1976)
• Philippe de Rothschild (1902–88)
• Philippine de Rothschild (1935-)

R

• Robert Rothschild, (1911–1978) Belgian diplomat

S

• Salomon Mayer Rothschild or Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774–1855)

W

• Lionel Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild of the United Kingdom (1868–1937)
• Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from The Red Green Show)

V

• Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild (1910–1990)

References

• Hanks, Patrick Dictionary of American Family Names Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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