Grüner

surname · Latin script

Meaning: t-onset / -ert variation; morphological alternation between base and extended forms

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈɡʁyːnɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Grüner is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 286K
  • NONorway1 in 15K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Grüner itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,600 people, est.

Sources
247 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Gruner in US United States, DE Germany, CD Congo - Kinshasa and Gruener in ML Mali.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

t-onset / -ert variation; morphological alternation between base and extended forms.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Grüner counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Grüner is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#596≈5,600 est.≈1 in 14KlistedGruner143
CD Congo - Kinshasa—≈1,900 est.≈1 in 54K—Gruner1
US United States—1,1641 in 286K1.3KGruner247
ML Mali#558≈940 est.≈1 in 21K—Gruener1
FR France—≈470 est.≈1 in 145K56Grüner3
AT Austria#750≈420 est.≈1 in 21K—Grüner38
NO Norway—3641 in 15K364Grüner11
EE Estonia—≈26 est.≈1 in 47K29Grüner5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; the dfa-band-3 register; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the ee-stat-nimed register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Grüner is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Gruner, Grunér

  • Polish surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, Slovakia

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Gruner, Grúner, Grűner, Grůner

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Chile, Mexico

    Also written Gruner, Grunér

  • a separate surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Switzerland

    Also written Gruner, Grunér

  • Estonian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Estonia, Finland

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Gruner, Grunér

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States

    Also written Gruner

19 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Grüner is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, from Grüninger via shortening; ultimately from a Germanic given-name base

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, inflection of grün:

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, 5 Types/3456 Tokens; meist Herkunfts- oder Wohnstättenname zu den genannten Toponymen. Die Karte zeigt die ü-Variante.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

  • In German, Ostmitteldeutscher -er/-ert-Wechsel; Karte 245 zeigt Grüner/Grünert/Gruner/Grunert als morphologische Varianten.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In German, Zu grünen ‚grün werden/vorwärts kommen‘; auch patronymisch zu Gronhari. Karte zeigt o/u- und ö/ü-Vokalvarianz.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

16001700180019002000Gustav Grüner, b. 1688Haldur Grüner, b. 1818Franz Grüner, b. 1879William Grüner, b. 1888Bernard Grüner, b. 1894Martin Grüner, b. 1929Günter Grüner, b. 1942George Grüner, b. 1943Stefan Grüner, b. 1964Oliver Grüner, b. 1966

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Grüner, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Grüner
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—29#3,667
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—23#4,877
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 3———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Grüner mean, and where does it come from?
t-onset / -ert variation; morphological alternation between base and extended forms. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
How do you pronounce Grüner?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡʁyːnɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Grüner have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.6 thousand people named Grüner in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gruner.
How common is the name Grüner?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,164 people named Grüner in 2010, about 1 in 286 thousand residents.
How common is Grüner compared with other names?
In Germany, Grüner is the 596th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Grüner” — the 596th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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