Origin and popularity of the name GROOT
Origin
Groot : 1: Dutch: variant without the definite article de ‘the’ of De Groot a nickname for a big man from groot ‘great large’. Compare Grote.2: North German: variant of Groth a cognate of 1 above.
Source : DAFN2 : Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, ©2022 by Patrick Hanks and Oxford University Press
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