The rushmore Surname
rushmore Name Meaning and History
- English: perhaps a habitational name from Rushmere in Suffolk, near Lowestoft, so named from Old English rysc ‘rushes’ + mere ‘pond’, ‘lake’.
- perhaps also an Americanized form of German Ruschmeier, a topographic name for a farmer who lived and farmed in an area where reeds grew (see Rusch 1 and Meyer).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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