Russel

See also: russel and Rüssel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌsəl/

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• Rhymes: -ʌsəl
• Homophones: rustle, Russell

Proper noun

Russel

1. A surname transferred from the nickname, a rather rare spelling variant of Russell.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Anagrams

• lusers

Middle English

Alternative forms

• Russell

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman Russel. Doublet of Rousseau. Equivalent to russel.

Proper noun

Russel

1. a surname

Descendants

• English: Russell
• Yola: Russel

References

• “Russel”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English Russel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾʊˈsɛɫ/

Proper noun

Russel

1. a surname, equivalent to English Russell
   • OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR:

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References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 10