Green
Meaning
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- A common English surname from Middle English.
- A number of places in the United States:
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- (informal) Ellipsis of Green College, Oxford..
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɹiːn/
Etymology
English surname, a topographic name for someone who either lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour. This name is also translated from other surnames, such as German Grün and Gruen, Dutch Groen, Irish Ó huainí (from uaine, see Honan), etc. The Irish surname was also erroneously translated from Ó Fathaidh, Ó Fathaigh, from faithche (“lawn”).
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