Given name & surname · also Old English

Greek

Greek is a surname.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

The origin of Greek is uncertain.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 1

Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.

Similar names

If you love Greek, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

French

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Proto-Italic

Grannd

“big, large”

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French

Grasse

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French

Cornec

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French

Grasset

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French

Granier

Granier is a surname from French. It is used in English and French.

No U.S. birth series

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Greek’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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