Russle meaning | Last name Russle origin

The lastname Russle is a variant form of Russell. The Duke of Bedford claims from the lords of Rosel, an ancient fief in the neighbourhood of Cherbourg in Normandy, who were a younger branch of the barons of Briquebec. Hugh de Rosel, a benefactor of the abbey of Caen, "accompanied the Conqueror to England, and was rewarded with possessionsin county of Dorset, the principal of which were Kingston, after wards called Kingston-Russell and Berwick, the latter of which is still in possession of the family."

The variant form of Russell. Equivalent of Rousseau and Roussel meaning "red haired or complexioned".

Russle is a form of Russell. The little, red-haired man.

Family name is the variant form of the Rowsell. See Rous - The Old French rous, from Latin rufus, red, has originated the names Rous, Rouse, Rowse, and the diminutive Rowsell, whence also in many cases Russell, although the last has sometimes a local source. The name occurs in the collection of names called the Roll of Battel Abbey, and there is no doubt of its early Norman origin. The cognate Leroux is still a common surname in Normandy. The ancestor of the family is said to have been Ralph le Rufus, or Rous, who came hither with the Conqueror. From him descended the noble family (Stradbroke) settled in Suffolk from temp. Edward III, and the Rouses of Cornwall and Devon. The senior line wa Rous of Modbury, county of Devon; and the next branch, that of Edmerston, sprang from Sir Robertle Rous, a knight-banneret under Edward the Black Prince.