Gross

Meaning

Proper Noun

• , originally a nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros ("large").
• village Nebraska (state), having a population of two as of 2010.

Origin

• As a Jewish and German surname, from groß. The Jewish surname was influenced by Hebrew גדול, hence the Hebraicization Gadol.
• As an English surname, from the noun and adjective gross, a doublet of above.
• The village is named after Ben Gross, who kept a general store there.