French: nickname for a person with red hair, from Old French
rous ‘red(-haired)’ (Latin russ(e)us), with the definite
article le. This name is associated with the Huguenots in
British America; notably, with silversmiths in SC and NY.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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