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From an occupational surname meaning "tiler of roofs" in Old English.
This explains why I am so narrow minded.From a Scottish surname which was derived from Gaelic caol meaning "narrows, channel, strait".
ELISHA m Biblical
Pronounced: ee-LIE-sha
Means "God is help" in Hebrew. Elisha was a prophet in the Old Testament, the successor of Elijah.
ROSS m Scottish, English
Pronounced: RAWS
From a surname which meant "promontory" in Gaelic, originally belonging to someone who lived on a headland. A famous bearer of the surname was Sir James Clark Ross, an Antarctic explorer.
