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Grant

A male given name transferred from the surname.

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Grant at a glance

Origin
Scottish
Root meaning
“big, large”
Pronunciation (IPA)
/ɡɹɑːnt/, /ɡɹænt/

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.

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What does the name Grant mean?

A male given name transferred from the surname. Its root means "big, large".

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).