Grenville as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Grenville

What is the meaning of the name Grenville ?

The baby name Grenville is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɡrɛn.vɪl/ (GREN-vil).

Grenville is English in Origin.

Grenville is an English masculine given name derived from the aristocratic surname, itself of Norman French toponymic origin. It comes from place-names in Normandy and later England formed with Old French grand/grant “great, large” + ville “farm, estate, town,” yielding the sense “large estate” or “great town.” Introduced after the Norman Conquest, the surname attached to notable West Country families and entered English onomastics early.

As a forename, Grenville emerged in the 18th–19th centuries, part of the fashion for using distinguished surnames as given names, and in homage to political figures such as George Grenville and William Wyndham Grenville, both British prime ministers, and the Elizabethan naval commander Sir Richard Grenville. Spelling variants and related forms include Granville (the most common), Grenvil, Grenvill, and the Americanized Greenville. Today the name is rare but retains a patrician, Anglo-historic character.

⚙ Grenville is a rare name. Our records hold just 39 recorded uses, spread over 4 countries.