as a Last Name
- 149,636
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Grant
Meaning & Origins
English and (especially) Scottish (of Norman origin), and French: nickname from Anglo-Norman French graund, graunt ‘tall’, ‘large’ (Old French grand, grant, from Latin grandis), given either to a person of remarkable size, or else in a relative way to distinguish two bearers of the same personal name, often representatives of different generations within the same family.
| 189th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 149,636
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Maine
- has the most people named Grant per capita
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