Rushil

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Rushil by the numbers

Rushil was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 48 babies in 2008, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Rushil

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rushil. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Rishisage; seer; poet28 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rashidrightly guided; wise8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rustinrusty-hued or reddish; a form of Rusty43 in the US (2017)
  • Rahiltraveler; a form of Raheel or Rahl6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Russelred-haired or russet-colored30 in the US (2017)
  • Rishikseer or sage28 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Rushil

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