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Rush

in Rhode Island

There are 63 people with the last name "Rush" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Rush 2,297
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  1. is 2,293rd most common Pennacchia
  2. is 2,294th most common Petrocelli
  3. is 2,295th most common Riordan
  4. is 2,296th most common Rosati
  5. is 2,297th most common Rush
  6. is 2,298th most common Sanderson
  7. is 2,299th most common Tetrault
  8. is 2,300th most common Vessella
  9. is 2,301st most common Villa

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Rush

John, Thomas, William, Edward, Gwen, James, Judith, Mary, Paul, Stephen

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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