as a Last Name
- 461,108
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Green
Meaning & Origins
English: one of the most common and widespread of English surnames, either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, Middle English grene (a transferred use of the color term). In North America this name has no doubt assimilated cognates from other European languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen).
| 40th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Greene, Greer, Greenwood, Greenberg, Greenfield, Greenlee, Greenwald, Greenwell, Greenway, Greenleaf
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 461,108
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Green per capita
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