This is an open forum to discuss the origin the meaning and the family stories of the surname GREEN.

Surname meaning green. Using the Daitch-Mokotoff Soundex Code we can obtain some variants of scripture of the same surname. This name indicated a person who lived on or near a forest-covered mountain. The name Green is an old Anglo-Saxon name.

Irish sunnycheerful and Old French nickname Gernon meaning The one with the moustache. This surname is derived from a geographical locality. Green Name Meaning English.

Surnames derived from a fathers name are common particularly in societies that were less developed when they adopted surnames. Or a nickname someone who was fond of dressing in green. The Green root is the Old English grene which is reflected in early spellings of the name such as William Grene in the 1230 Yorkshire rolls.

Grün sometimes transliterated as gruen is a German word and surname meaning green. Verde Italian Spanish Portuguese From Spanish verde green Latin viridis presumably a nickname for someone who habitually dressed in this color or had green eyes etc. Other possible origins include someone who favored the color green from the Old English grene or someone who was immature or inexperienced.

Always wondered what that meant just knew it. In this context green was symbolic of youthful ardour spring and the re-growth of nature. It comes from when a family lived in the village greene which was the center or main square of each region.

One of the most common and widespread of English surnames either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color Old English grene or who had played the part of the Green Man in the May Day celebrations or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green Middle English grene a transferred use of the color term. Sometimes the surname can be of Irish origins and a translation of the ancient Gaelic given name Uaithne. The Green surname can have one of many possible derivations.