Origin and popularity of the name GROSS

Origin

Gross : 1: German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a big man from Middle High German grōz ‘large corpulent’ German gross. This surname is also established in some other parts of Europe most notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In Poland Czechia Slovakia Slovenia and Croatia it is also found (in Slovenia almost exclusively) in the Slavicized form Gros (see also 3 below). The Jewish name has been Hebraicized as Gadol.2: English: descriptive nickname for a big man from Middle English gros grosse groce ’large; heavy’ also meaning ‘simple plain’ from Old French gros ‘big fat’ (from Latin grossus ‘thick’) a word of ancient Germanic origin thus etymologically the same word as in 1 above.3: Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Polish Croatian or other Slavic Gros itself of German origin (see 1 above).

Gressel : South German:: 1: diminutive of Gress 1.2: nickname for a big person from a variant of grössl a diminutive of gross ‘big’.3: variant of Grässel (see Grassel).4: much altered derivative of the personal name Erasmus. Compare Kress 3.

Grossbard : Jewish: nickname for someone with a large beard from German gross ‘big’ + Bard ‘beard’.

Grossberg : 1: Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name composed of German gross ‘large’ + Berg ‘mountain hill’.2: German: habitational name from either of two places so named.

Grosser : German:: 1: nickname for a big man from an inflected form of Gross.2: (also Grösser): probably a distinguishing epithet for the larger or older of two bearers of the same personal name from the comparative form of the adjective gross ‘big large’. Compare Groesser.

Grossinger : Jewish (Ashkenazic): artificial name composed of German gross ‘large’ + inger an element commonly found in German surnames derived from toponyms that in turn end in ing(en).

Grosskopf : German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname from a compound of Middle High German grōz ‘large’ German gross + Middle High German kopf German Kopf ‘head’. Sometimes also applied for a self-important person.

Grosskreutz : German: habitational name from a place called Gross Kreutz in Brandenburg or a similarly named place elsewhere.

Grossmann : German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): descriptive nickname for a large man from gross ‘large’ (see Gross) + Mann ‘man’.

Grossnickle : Americanized form of German Grossnickel a compound of gross ‘large’ + Nickel a pet form of the personal name Nikolaus (German form of Nicholas). It may have been applied as a nickname to denote a large or corpulent man or to distinguish between two bearers of the same name. The original surname is very rare in Germany.

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