Frequency: (691)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
French: nickname for a gloomy curmudgeon, from gronder ‘to mutter or grumble’ (Latin grundire).
GIVEN NAMES: French 19%. Marcel (5), Andre (2), Armand (2), Gaston (2), Lucien (2), Normand (2), Pierre (2), Alcide, Cecile, Donat, Emile, Francois.
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