Rusty

Short form of Russell

"redhead, fox-colored"

Rusty Origin and Meaning

Variation of Russell

Rusty Rank in US Top 1000

# 986 in the US

Popularity of the name Rusty

• 1332 Nameberry 2025
• 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

The name 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"