Russell Family History
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Russell Name Meaning
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. Americanized spelling of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of the various personal names formed with the Old High German element hrod ‘renown’. EG
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Rossell, Fussell, Rundell, Trussell, Russett, Rassel, Tassell