Russell

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

• 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 hrōd ‘renown’.

Famous people with this first name

Famous people with this last name

Famous people who gave their babies this name