Where did the french name Larouche come from?

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Where did the french name Larouche come from?

Thats my maiden name and i was just wondering if anyone knew where it came from and its history. . . . please let me know. thanks.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The following website gives some info which I am summarising here in case you don't understand French:
Today, the name Larouche is more frequent in Canada than in France. Itr is derived from a place name "la Rouche" which probably is another writung of "la Roche", meaning "the rock/ the boulder". There are about 30 villages called "la Rouche" in France, so it's nearly impossioble to pinpoint the one the family name is derived from.
http://jeantosti.com/noms/l3.htm...

"Larouche" is also explained as deriving from a variant of the nickname "Le Rousse", referring to someone with red hair:
http://www.association-gauthier.org/page...