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Rush

in New Hampshire

There are 80 people with the last name "Rush" in New Hampshire.

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Ranking in New Hampshire

NameRank
Rush 2,157
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  1. is 2,153rd most common Nutting
  2. is 2,154th most common Racine
  3. is 2,155th most common Rivet
  4. is 2,156th most common Robillard
  5. is 2,157th most common Rush
  6. is 2,158th most common Sparks
  7. is 2,159th most common Toth
  8. is 2,160th most common Troy
  9. is 2,161st most common Vermette

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Kathleen, Michael, Barbara, Clayton, Janice, Kristin, Lawrence, Lee, Richard

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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