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.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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