Rusch Family History
Rusch Name Meaning
German (also Rüsch): topographic name from Middle High German Middle Low German rusch ‘rush reeds’ or a habitational name from a place called with this word in Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg-West Pomerania North Rhine-Westphalia Bavaria. Compare Ruesch German (also Rüsch): from a short form of any of various personal names formed with the Old High German element hrōd ‘fame renown’. Compare Ruesch North German: nickname for a quick or unkempt unrefined person from Middle Low German rusch ‘quick rash hasty; unkempt’. Compare Ruesch Germanized form of Sorbian Roš: see Rosch Compare Rush 5.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022