Busk

From Creek puskita, pusketv (“a fast”).

Busk

1. A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.

Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Busk; alternatively, it could be an English topographic surname for someone who lived by a bush, from Old Norse buskr (“bush”).

Busk (plural Busks)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Busk is the 41303^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 527 individuals. Busk is most common among White (90.89%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Busk”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 260.

From Ukrainian Буськ (Busʹk)

Busk

1. A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

• Buks, skub

From Old Frisian bosk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk.

Busk

1. bush