Rush

A surname

Proper noun

  1. A surname

    1. A surname from English

    2. A surname from English

      An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.

    3. A surname from Irish

    4. A surname from German

  2. A male given name.
  3. A placename

    1. A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.

    2. A number of places in the United States.

      An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

    3. A number of places in the United States.

      An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.

    4. A number of places in the United States.

      A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.

    5. A number of places in the United States.

      A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.

    6. Ellipsis of Rush County.

Origin

* As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”). * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche. * As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey. * Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”). * As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

Forms

Rushs Rushes

Derived

Rush Center Rush County