Given name & surname
Gross
“big, large”
Gross is a surname with more than one origin. It is used in English and German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a Jewish and German surname, Gross goes back to Hebrew גדול, meaning “big, large.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
As a Jewish and German surname, it comes from Hebrew גדול.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gross through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 70,852 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gross’s family of names
In German usage, Gross as a surname has a related form in Grooss. In German usage, Gross as a surname has a related form in GROOT. In German usage, Gross as a surname has a related form in GROOTE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Gross has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
15 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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