Granda

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

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)

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

How Granda is read●(measured from records)

Granda is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

• Spanish75%

  places in Asturias and Galicia named with the dial, term granda rocky plain, scrub-covered upland with poor soil (of pre-Roman origin). The surname is also borne by Jews, the reasons for its adoption being unknown. Dims, (of i): Low Ger,: Greveke. Czech: Hrabek.

  as a name·The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

• English13%

  grandfather

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

Granda is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Peru, United Kingdom, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Grändà, Grắndắ, Grandä

• Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Peru, Slovenia, Ecuador

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Гранда

• Ukrainian surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Peru, Russia, Spain

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian

  Also written Гранда

41 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)

Granda is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• habitational name from any of various places in Asturies and Galicia named with granda ‘rocky plain’, ‘scrub-covered upland with poor soil’ (from pre-Roman gdndara).

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In io, big, large, great (in size)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In lld, feminine singular of gran

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Icelandic, to destroy, to damage

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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)

• Alejandro Granda Relayzab. 1898PEPeruvian singer (1898-1962)
• Gloria Cuestab. 1911ESnot in their usual nameSpanish woman aviator
• Bienvenido Grandab. 1915CUCuban musician (1915–1983)
• Chabuca Grandab. 1920PEPeruvian recording artist; composer and singer (1920–1983)
• Omar Borrásb. 1929UYnot in their usual nameUruguayan football manager (1929–2022)
• Fernando de Trazegniesb. 1935PEnot in their usual namePeruvian lawyer
• Julio Grandab. 1967PEPeruvian chess player
• Andrea Crespob. 1983ECnot in their usual nameEcuadorian writer
• Andy Grandab. 1992CUCuban judoka
• José Grandab. 1992PEPeruvian footballer

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Granda come from?

habitational name from any of various places in Asturies and Galicia named with granda ‘rocky plain’, ‘scrub-covered upland with poor soil’ (from pre-Roman gdndara). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Granda?

A machine transcription gives /granda/ (IPA) for Spanish.

What does the name Granda mean?

In Spanish, places in Asturias and Galicia named with the dial, term granda rocky plain, scrub-covered upland with poor soil (of pre-Roman origin).

In which country does Granda have the most bearers?

In Ecuador, the national register counted about 24 thousand people named Granda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled granda.

Where is Granda most common?

Granda is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 698 people carrying it.

How common is the name Granda?

In Ecuador, the national register counted 24,210 people named Granda in 2024, about 1 in 698 residents.

How common is Granda compared with other names?

In Ecuador, Granda is the 153rd most common surname of 34,511 surnames recorded there.