The ruskin Surname
ruskin Name Meaning and History
- English: probably from a pet form of the medieval personal name Rose (see Royce).
- Scottish: from Gaelic rusg(aire)an, a reduced plural of rusgaire ‘peeler (of bark)’, hence an occupational name borne by family of tanners.
- Jewish: Americanized form of Raskin or some other like-sounding Ashkenazic surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thomas Ruskin / Mary Milgate / Rose Ruskin | Deanna Shorey | 3 |
| Fryar - James - Warburton - Ruskin |
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| Philip Ruskin - 1901 - 1991 |
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| Ruskins from Edmonton, London & Hertfordshire | Steve Syddell | 1 |
| Ruskin family of London |
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| Friends/family of HENRY RUSKIN | Lorna Ruskin-Ruszkiewicz | 0 |
| Friends/family of HENRY RUSKIN | Lorna Ruskin-Ruszkiewicz | 0 |
| RUSKIN, Sophie- Walworth, London,UK |
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