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Rush

in Massachusetts

There are 344 people with the last name "Rush" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Rush 2,202
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  1. is 2,198th most common Evangelista
  2. is 2,199th most common Fountain
  3. is 2,200th most common Oliva
  4. is 2,201st most common Portillo
  5. is 2,202nd most common Rush
  6. is 2,203rd most common Lutz
  7. is 2,204th most common Mcmullen
  8. is 2,205th most common Melvin
  9. is 2,206th most common Bachand

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, James, Michael, David, Robert, Richard, Denise, Frances, Kathleen, Maria

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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