as a Last Name
- 209,396
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Russell
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, and Irish: from Rousel, a common Anglo-Norman French nickname for someone with red hair, a diminutive of Rouse with the hypocoristic suffix -el.
| 88th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 209,396
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Russell per capita
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