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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Eastern German (under Slavic influence) : perhaps a habitational name from such places as Granow, Grana, and Gran.
  • North German (Grä(h)n) : a North German variant of Grün (see Gruen).
  • Swedish : ornamental spelling of gran ‘spruce’. This may be an ornamental name, a topographic name, or possibly a habitational name from a place called Gran.

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