Grant

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Grant

Gender: Masculine
Language: English
Etymology:
Grant comes from a Scottish-Norman surname meaning “Great,” which referred to a tall man.

History:
Grant is another aristocratical Scottish surname that was first used as a first name after the Reformation. In the United States, it became much more common in honor of general and president Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885).

Pronunciation: grant.

Famous Bearers:
Artists and Authors:
Grant Wood (1892-1942)
American painter.
Grant Johannesen (1921-)
American pianist.

Singers and Entertainers:
Grant Tinker (1926-)
American television producer.

Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.036 % named Grant

Popularity of Grant:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1875: 159th most popular.
1900-1910: 288th most popular.
1910-1920: 282nd most popular.
1920-1930: 300th most popular.
1930-1940: 339th most popular.
1940-1950: 343rd most popular.
1950-1960: 313th most popular.
1960-1970: 303rd most popular.
1970-1980: 281st most popular.
1980-1990: 189th most popular.
1990: 195th most popular.
1991: 200th most popular.
1992: 171st most popular.
1993: 160th most popular.
1994: 154th most popular.
1995: 121st most popular.
1996: 123rd most popular.
1997: 118th most popular.
1998: 129th most popular.
1999: 129th most popular.
2000: 126th most popular.
2001: 138th most popular.
2002: 127th most popular.
2003: 140th most popular.