Last name origins & meanings:
- German (Grün): from Middle High German
grūene ‘green’, ‘fresh’, ‘raw’, hence a nickname for someone
who habitually dressed in green, a topographic name for someone who
lived in a green and leafy place, or a habitational name for someone
from a place named with this word, such as Gruna, Grunau in
Silesia.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German
grün ‘green’.
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