Rush

See also: rush and RUSH

English

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Rush

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Etymology

• As an English surname, from the noun rush (“waterside plant, plant in marshes”).
• Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun rush (“beehive”), from French ruche.
• As an Irish surname, from Ó Ruis (literally “descendant of Ros”), a name from ros (“wood”). Sometimes also translated from Ó Luachra due to confusion with luachair (“rushes”), see Loughrey.
• Also as an Irish surname, translated/Anglicized from Ó Fuada (literally “descendant of Fuada”), compare Foody, from the noun fuad (“haste”).
• As a German surname, Americanized from Rüsch, Ruesch, Rusch.

Proper noun

Rush (countable and uncountable, plural Rushs or Rushes)

1. A surname
   1. A surname from English
      1. An English surname originating as an occupation for someone who made things from rushes.
   2. A surname from Irish
   3. A surname from German
2. A male given name.
3. A placename
   1. A coastal town in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland.
   2. A number of places in the United States.
      1. An unincorporated community in El Paso County, Colorado, United States.
      2. An unincorporated community in Boyd County and Carter County, Kentucky, United States.
      3. A town in Monroe County, New York, United States.
      4. A number of townships, in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania, United States, listed under Rush Township.
   3. Ellipsis of Rush County.

Derived terms

• Rush Center
• Rush County

Anagrams

• Hurs, Suhr, RHUs, HRUs