Rusty

Short form of Russell

"redhead, fox-colored"

Rusty Origin and Meaning

The name Rusty is a boy's name .

Though as a formal name Rusty is a little, well, rusty, it spent half a century among the Top 1000, departing only in 1995. Only 45 baby boys received the name in the US in one recent year and it's difficult to imagine it as the winning choice of many modern parents. Whether you want an informal name or a spin on a traditional name or even a word name or a name that means red, there are simply too many better options.

Rusty Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Rusty Popularity

• 1681 Nameberry 2023
• 88 Dogs 2022

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Famous People Named Rusty

• Russell William "Rusty" Wallace NASCAR driver
• Daniel Joseph "Rusty" Staub American baseball player
• Rusty Anderson American guitarist with Paul McCartney
• Russell Louis "Rusty" Schweickart American astronaut
• Norman Russell "Rusty" Young American musician with band Poco
• Rusty Humphries American radio host
• Russell Craig "Rusty" Hamer American actor
• Rusty Cooley American speed guitarist
• Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer American baseball player
• Rusty Fein stage name of Henry Eric Lippincott, American pair skater
• Jason Russell "Rusty" Joiner American model
• Russell Jay "Rusty" Kuntz American baseball player
• Benjamin Rush "Rusty" Magee American comedian and composer
• George Arthur "Rusty" Cundieff American film director
• Rusty Day stage name of Russell Edward Davidson, American singer with Steve Gaines, Cactus and The Amboy Dukes
• Rusty Warren (born Ilene Goldman) American female singer and actress

Rusty in Pop Culture

• Rusty James, main character in Rumble Fish by S. E. Hinton
• Rusty James song by Green Day
• Russell "Rusty" Griswold son in the "National Lampoon's Vacation" series
• Russell "Rusty" Cartwright character on TV's "Greek"
• Dr. Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture character in "The Venture Brothers"
• Robert Charles "Rusty" Ryan character in the Ocean's Eleven film remake series
• Rusty Borgens character in film "Stuck in Love"
• Rusty German shepherd in a series of family films
• Rusty the Diesel engine on animated series Thomas the Tank Engine
• Rusty the Steam Engine character in the musical Starlight Express
• Rusty Brown American comic strip by Chris Ware
• Rusty Shackleford alias of character Dale Gribble on TV's King of the Hill
• Russell "Rusty" Collins aka Firefist character in Marvel's X,Men Comics
• Rusty the Boy Robot sidekick to superhero Big Guy in a 1955 comic book
• Finbarr "Rusty" Galloway character in the video game L. A. Noire
• "Rusty Rivets " Canadian television series and its main character
• Rusty the Good Dalek, character in an episode of TV's "Doctor Who"
• Rusty original name of Firestar in the "Warriors" book series by Erin Hunter
• Rusty female character in film "Footloose"
• Rusty Parker a female character in film "Cover Girl"
• Florence "Rusty" Dennis female character in the film "Mask"