Russ

Variation of Russell, French

"redhead, fox-colored"

Russ Origin and Meaning

The name Russ is a boy's name meaning "redhead, fox-colored".

Short but substantial, Russ does not need the full-form Russell to go on the birth certificate. Russ strikes a nice balance between familiar, friendly, and underused.

Russ Rank in US Top 1000

# 1000 in the US

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Famous People Named Russ

• Russell Dana "Russ" Feingold U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
• Russell Irving "Russ" Tamblyn American actor
• Russell Albion "Russ" Meyer American film director
• Russell Paul "Russ" Springer American baseball player
• Russ Abbot English musician and actor
• Russell Scott "Russ" Grimm American NFL player
• Russ Kingston American actor

The name Russ in Pop Culture

• Russell Charles "Russ" Owen character on British soap Hollyoaks
• Russell "Russ" Thompson Sr. and Jr. characters in film "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"
• Russ Wheeler character in movie "Days of Thunder"