Given name & surname
Greenspan
“green branch, green bridle”
Greenspan is a surname from Yiddish.
Original Yiddishגריןשפּאַן
Meaning & origin
What it means
Greenspan goes back to Yiddish גריןשפּאַן, meaning “green branch, green bridle.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Greenspan’s family of names
In English usage, Greenspan as a surname has a related form in GREENSPUN. In English usage, Greenspan as a surname has a related form in GREENSPUN. In English usage, Greenspan as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Grinshpan.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Greenspan has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Yiddish roots to each of them.
Yiddishwhere Greenspan comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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