Updated June 9, 2019

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Red-haired; foxlike

Boy name variations

Russel

Russel

- 12% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Russell

Russell

- 6% this year
Masculine
Uncommon
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Rusty

Rusty

- 21% this year
Masculine
Rare
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Rusti

Rusti

0 % this year
Masculine
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How Popular Is The Name Russ

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : variant spelling of Rouse.
  • German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘renown’.
  • German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.
  • Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.
  • In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.