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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Grassmann) : elaborated form of of Grass 1 and 4.
  • English : occupational name for a seller of grease, from Old French graisse, greisse, gresse ‘grease’.
  • English : occupational name from Middle English grasman, gresman ‘cottager’, from Middle English gras, gres ‘grass’, ‘pasture’ + man.

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