The Grant Surname
- Meaning
- large, tall
- Type
- Descriptive (nickname)
- Root
- Anglo-Norman graunt
- Chiefly
- Strathspey and the central Highlands
From Anglo-Norman graunt, ‘great’ or ‘tall’ — the same root as the modern French grand. It began as a byname for a notably large man.
The family settled in Strathspey, and the name is now far commoner in Scotland than its Norman-French origin would suggest.
Bestow the name a title it never had
An honorific Lord or Lady certificate in the Grant name, hand-finished and sealed, with a square metre of Scottish woodland dedicated alongside it. A novelty, magnificently done — and a good deal more fun than a family tree.
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