Granville

Granville: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “great town”
Origin: French
Say it: GRAN-vil · 2 syllables
Used for: Boys

Granville comes from a Norman French place name, from grand 'great' and ville 'town, settlement'. It has also been used as an English surname and given name.

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How popular is Granville?

20241.5 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Granville in 20245

Peak year1880

Total US babies since 18805,496

Granville is steady now but far below its 1880 peak.

Names like Granville

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliverolive tree · French
Beauhandsome · French
Calvinbald · French
Louisfamous warrior · French
Granttall; large · French
Saintholy person; saint · French
Russelllittle red-haired one · French
Travisto cross · French

Granville questions

What does the name Granville mean?

Granville means "great town". It comes from French. Granville comes from a Norman French place name, from grand 'great' and ville 'town, settlement'. It has also been used as an English surname and given name.

Is Granville a boy or girl name?

Granville is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Granville?

5 US babies were named Granville in 2024. Its peak year was 1880.

How do you pronounce Granville?

Granville is usually pronounced GRAN-vil.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.