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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Red-haired

Boy name variations

Rush

Rush

+ 13% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rousse

Rousse

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Ruskin

Ruskin

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rust

Rust

0 % this year
Masculine
Rare
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Family name origins & meanings

  • Scottish : probably a topographic name from Gaelic riasg ‘marsh’, ‘bog’. Compare Risk.
  • Probably also an altered form of German Ruske, Roske, diminutives of Rose.

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