Meaning and Origin of: Russell

French: Red-haired; foxlike

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Red-haired; foxlike

Boy name variations

Russel
Russ
Rusty
Rusti

Family name origins & meanings

  • English, Scottish, and Irish : from Rousel, a common Anglo-Norman French nickname for someone with red hair, a diminutive of Rouse with the hypocoristic suffix -el.
  • Americanized spelling of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of the various personal names formed with the Old High German element hrōd ‘renown’.

Famous people with this first name

Russell Crowe
Russell Simmons

Famous people with this last name

Kurt Russell
Keri Russell

Famous people who gave their babies this name

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