Given name & surname
Bush
Bush is a surname from Middle English. It is used in English and Italian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bush comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Middle English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bush through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80
- 80 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 as a first name in 2020; 80,122 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bush’s family of names
In English usage, Bush as a surname shares a linguistic root with the German form BUSCH. In English usage, Bush as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Greek form Μπους. In English usage, Bush as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Macedonian form Буш.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Bush has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Middle English roots to each of them.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Dubuissonequivalent
- 布什borrowing · Chinese
- 布殊borrowing · Chinese
- 布希borrowing · Chinese
- 부시borrowing · Korean
- Buschcognate · German
- ΜπουςGreek
- ブッシュJapanese
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See also 15
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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