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Nickydownsouth

Nickydownsouth Report 2 Jun 2008 00:05

Got this from Ancestry.....


russell Name Meaning and History
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 hrod ‘renown’.



Nicky

Researching:
Furniss/Furness in Lancashire,Critchett in Devon and London, Keemish/Camish/ Kemish from Hampshire then Cambridge, Copper and Godden in Kent, Spink/Spynk in Norfolk and Cambridge

katz

katz Report 1 Jun 2008 23:49

Hello does anyone know where the surmame russell originates from its half of my family i know nothing about thanx.