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Meaning & Origins
Transferred use of the surname, common in Scotland, where it is the name of a famous clan. It is derived from a nickname meaning ‘large’ (Anglo-Norman grand). In the United States the name is sometimes bestowed in honour of the Civil War general and 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant (1822–85).
| 696th in the U.S. for 2011 |
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a maker of small forged items and metal hand tools, literally ‘small smith’.
| 9,931st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Grantley, Grantland, Granite, Granit, Granetta, Granita, Grantt, Granata, Grante, Grantha
Klein, Kleinman, Kleiner, Kleiman, Kleine, Kleist, Kleinhans, Kleinberg, Kleiber, Kleinert
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