Gran

See also: gran, grán, grań, gràn, grãn, Grän, and grån

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Grantha or French grantha, from Tamil கிரந்தம் (kirantam) or Malayalam ഗ്രന്ഥം (granthaṁ), from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha).

Symbol

Gran

1. (international standards) ISO 15924 script code for Grantha.

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Norwegian and Swedish Gran. Also borrowed from Tagalog Gran.

Proper noun

Gran (countable and uncountable, plural Grans)

1. A surname from Norwegian, Swedish, or Tagalog.
2. A municipality and village therein, in Innlandet, Norway.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gran is the 15418^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1900 individuals. Gran is most common among White (79.74%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (8.53%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gran”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 74.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Gran.

Proper noun

Gran

1. (obsolete) Esztergom
   • 1869, Julia Clara Byrne, Pictures of Hungarian Life, page 107:

     For a long time Gran was the residence of the Court, though it subsequently yielded to the sway of the Mongols.

Alternative forms

• Grann

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, grna, narg, rang

Norwegian

Proper noun

Gran

1. a municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland