Given name & surname
Russo
“a little red-haired boy”
Russo is a variant of Rousseau. One French interpretation is “a little red-haired boy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Russo is a variant of Rousseau. One French interpretation is “a little red-haired boy.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Russo is a variant of Rousseau. An origin associated with Rousseau is French.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Russo as a surname developed from Russu.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2019. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Russo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25
- 25 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 7 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 45,790 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.
Russo’s family of names
In Italian usage, Russo as a surname shares a linguistic root with ROSSI. Russo has a related form in Rousseau. In Italian usage, Russo as a surname developed from the Sicilian form Russu.
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Around the world
Russo has relatives in 3 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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