Rush

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A surname
2. (countable, uncountable) A surname
3. (countable, uncountable) A surname
4. (countable, uncountable) A surname
5. (countable, uncountable) A male given name.
6. (countable, uncountable) A placename
7. (countable, uncountable) A placename
8. (countable, uncountable) A placename
9. (countable, uncountable) A placename
10. (countable, uncountable) A placename
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) A placename

Synonyms

Benjamin Rush

Translations

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Etymology

* 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.