Russ Family History
Russ Name Meaning
English: variant of Rouse . German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with hrōd ‘renown’ for example Rudolf. German (of Slavic origin): from Old Slavic rusъ ‘reddish’ used as a nickname (compare 6 below and Rus ). Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived by an area of scree Middle High German ru(o)ʒʒe. Swiss German: occupational name for a smith or charcoal burner or nickname for a dirty person from Middle High German ruoʒ ‘soot dirt’. Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Croatian Czech and Slovak Rus meaning ‘brownish red’ ‘blond’ or ‘Russian’. In part it is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar ) and is either of Slovenian or German (see above) etymology.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022