Grant

Where Grant comes from

From Scottish Gaelic Grannd, from Anglo-Norman graunt (“big, large”), from Old French grant, from Latin grandis. Doublet of grand. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Ulysses S. Grant featured on it.
— Wiktionary's entry for Grant
  • 1 syllable
Grant through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #225 among boys, with 52 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1891
    Grant Wood born
    American painter
  3. 1990
    Grant Gustin born
    American actor and singer
  4. 1997
    Peak, #115
    3,315 babies named Grant, the most in any year.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #228.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Grant Wood · American painter, 1891–1942
  • Grant Gustin · American actor and singer, born 1990
  • Grant Holloway · American athlete, born 1997
  • Grant Hill · American basketball player, born 1972
  • Grant Imahara · American electrical engineer, roboticist, television host, and actor, 1970–2020

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.