Greengrass

English

Alternative forms

• Greengross

Etymology

From Old English grēne (“green”) + græs (“grass”), probably a toponymic surname for a person living near a grassland.

Proper noun

Greengrass (plural Greengrasses)

1. A surname from Old English.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Greengrass is the 81772^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 231 individuals. Greengrass is most common among White (60.17%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (29.44%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Greengrass”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 80.

Anagrams

• grass-green