The name Russelia honors the Scottish naturalist Alexander Russell (1715-1768), given to the genus by the Dutch scientist Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin (1727-1817).
Alexander the Great | Alexander Pope | Alexander | Alexander Graham Bell | Bertrand Russell | Alexander Calder | Alexander Pushkin | Russell Crowe | Alexander von Humboldt | Alexander I of Russia | Alexander II of Russia | Alexander Hamilton | Frederick Russell Burnham | Alexander McQueen | Alexander II | Russell Simmons | Kurt Russell | Russell Brand | Pope Alexander III | Ken Russell | Jason Alexander | Alexander I | Alexander Korda | Leon Russell | Alexander McCall Smith | Pope Alexander VI | Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | Alexander III of Russia | Alexander Alekhine | Alexander Mackenzie |
The carhouse is named for T.A. (Tommy Alexander) Russell (founder of Russell Motor Car Company) and friend of Robert John Fleming (Canadian politician) former Mayor of Toronto and GM of Toronto Railway Company.