as a Last Name
- 83,005
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Gross
Meaning & Origins
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a big man, from Middle High German grōz ‘large’, ‘thick’, ‘corpulent’, German gross. The Jewish name has been Hebraicized as Gadol, from Hebrew gadol ‘large’. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe, not only in German-speaking countries.
| 384th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 83,005
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Dakota
- has the most people named Gross per capita
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