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Russell

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Boy · Old French

Russell

Say it: RUS-ul

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Meaning

From an English surname, from Old French rousel 'little red one', a nickname for red hair.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Popular in the US from the 1880s to the 1950s.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1910s

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1914per 1,000 babies of that sex
  • 357,008 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1914, about 1 in 255 boys
  • 837 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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