Given name & surname · also French

Gras

“fat”

Gras is a surname from French, ultimately from German.

Original FrenchGrasset

Meaning & origin

What it means

Gras goes back to a word meaning “fat.”

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Where it comes from

Gras comes from French, and ultimately from German.

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How it developed

From French Gras, from Catalan Gras, from German Gras.

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Gras’s family of names

In French usage, Gras as a surname has a diminutive in Grasset. In English usage, Gras as a surname has a related form in GRASS.

Walk Gras’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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