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Rush

in Maine

There are 206 people with the last name "Rush" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

NameRank
Rush 1,048
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  1. is 1,044th most common Benoit
  2. is 1,045th most common Caswell
  3. is 1,046th most common Hobbs
  4. is 1,047th most common Larsen
  5. is 1,048th most common Rush
  6. is 1,049th most common Stephens
  7. is 1,050th most common Hackett
  8. is 1,051st most common Mcclure
  9. is 1,052nd most common Zimmerman

Similar Names and Nicknames

Rushing, Rushton, Rash, Rusher, Ruch, Rushin, Rushford, Rushlow, Rish, Resh

Most Common First Names for Rush

Richard, William, James, Mary, Daniel, Jennifer, Peter, Benedict, Cathy, Dennis

Meaning & History

English: topographic name for someone who lived among rushes, from Middle English rush (a collective singular, Old English rysc), or perhaps an occupational name for someone who wove mats, baskets, and other articles out of rushes.

Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruis ‘descendant of Ros’, a personal name perhaps derived from ros ‘wood’. In Connacht it has also been used as a translation of Ó Luachra (see Loughrey).

Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Ó Fuada, ‘descendant of Fuada’ a personal name meaning ‘hasty’, ‘rushing’ (see Foody).

Altered spelling of German Rüsch or Rusch (see Rusch) or Rosch.

FOREBEARS Benjamin Rush (1745–1813), a physician and signer of the Declaration of Independence, was born in the PA farming community of Byberry. He was descended from John Rush, a yeoman from Oxfordshire, England, who came to Byberry in 1683.

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