Grand
loc · Latin script
Meaning: from Grand 1 'gravel'; Grand 2 'trough'; Grand 3 maybe related to field/meadow names
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɡɹænd/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Grand is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 5.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 6K
- DKDenmark1 in 25K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 291 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈12,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Grand 1 'gravel'; Grand 2 'trough'; Grand 3 maybe related to field/meadow names
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Grand 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.6K | 999 | Grand | 291 |
| US United States | 2,032 | 1 in 164K | 2.2K | Grand | 170 |
| CH Switzerland | 1,400 | 1 in 6K | 1.4K | Grand | 53 |
| CA Canada | ≈450 est. | ≈1 in 83K | — | Grand | 51 |
| AR Argentina | 347 | 1 in 131K | 347 | — | — |
| DK Denmark | 237 | 1 in 25K | 237 | — | — |
| UY Uruguay | 56 | 1 in 60K | 56 | — | — |
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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Grand 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 French, French surname from an adjective meaning “big/tall, large”.
as a nameTên Họ Người Việt Nam
topographic name for someone who lived in a gravelly area, from Middle Low German grand ‘coarse gravel’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
nickname from a southern word of uncertain origin meaning ‘frustration’, ‘anger’, ‘ire’.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, Large, senior (high-ranking), intense, extreme, or exceptional
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Different form of Grant (i).
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
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)
- Jens Grandb. 1260FRRoman Catholic archbishop resided in Livonia (1260-1327)
- Catherine Grandb. 1762FRFrench courtesan (1762-1834)
- Sarah Grandb. 1854GBBritish feminist writer (1854–1943)
- Murray Grandb. 1919USAmerican musician
- Otis Grandb. 1950USAmerican blues musician (1950–2023)
- Jean-Pierre Grandb. 1950FRFrench politician
- Steve Grandb. 1958GBBritish roboticist and computer scientist
- Cedric Grandb. 1976CHSwiss bobsledder
- Steve Grandb. 1990USAmerican musician
- Karina Grandb. 1990MDMoldovan pornographic actress
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.2K | #12,811 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,643 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.6K | #17,379 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1.5K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1.4K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1.4K | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.4K | #764 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 1.1K | — |
Reference works 8
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Grand mean, and where does it come from?
- from Grand 1 'gravel'; Grand 2 'trough'; Grand 3 maybe related to field/meadow names Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Grand?
- A machine transcription gives /ɡɹænd/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Grand have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Grand in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grand.
- How common is the name Grand?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,032 people named Grand in 2010, about 1 in 164 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Grand?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/grandThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Grand”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.