Grossi

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Grossi is one spelling over 5 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.

• English34%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Grossi in English.

• Spanish24%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Grossi in Spanish.

• Portuguese17%

  No dictionary in our sources glosses Grossi in Portuguese.

• Italian11%

  masculine plural of grosso

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

  forma plural de Grosso.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• French8.5%

  past participle of grossir

  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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

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

• Italian surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Grossì, Gròssì

• German surname5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Italy, Austria

  Languages: German, English

  Also written Großi, Groessi, Größi

• Croatian surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Italy, United States

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Гросси

36 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.

Grossi is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latin, inflection of grossus:

  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.

• Tommaso Grossib. 1790ITItalian poet (1790–1853)
• Pietro Grossib. 1917ITItalian composer (1917–2002)
• Rafael Grossib. 1961ARArgentine diplomat

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).

31 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 20 countries.

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

What does the name Grossi mean, and where does it come from?

masculine plural of grosso Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How do you pronounce Grossi?

It depends on the language: in Spanish /ɡɾossi/; in Portuguese /ɡɾusi/; in Italian /ɡrɔssi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Which countries have the most people with the surname Grossi?

Mondonomo estimates about 18 thousand people named Grossi in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled grossi. After it come Brazil, United States, Argentina and France; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Grossi?

In Brazil, the national register counted 6,076 people named Grossi, about 1 in 35 thousand residents.

How common is Grossi compared with other names?

In Brazil, Grossi is the 968th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.