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Updated June 9, 2019

How Popular Is The Name Rus

Family name origins & meanings

  • Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Romanian (of Slavic origin) : ethnic name for a Russian.
  • Czech : descriptive nickname from the adjective rusý ‘strawberry blond’.
  • Slovenian and Croatian (northern Croatia) : nickname from the adjective rus ‘red-haired’, or from the dialect word rus ‘cockroach’. Compare Ros 3.

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