Ruskin

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• English : probably from a pet form of the medieval personal name Rose (see Royce).
• Scottish : from Gaelic rusg(aire)an, a reduced plural of rusgaire ‘peeler (of bark)’, hence an occupational name borne by family of tanners.
• Jewish : Americanized form of Raskin or some other like-sounding Ashkenazic surname.