# Grau

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #71,544

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
* As a German surname, borrowed from German Grau, a nickname for someone with grey hair or beard.
* As a Catalan and southern French surname, from Occitan and Catalan Grau, a topographic surname from grau (“degree, level”).
* Also as a Catalan surname, reduced from the personal name Guerau; see Gerald.
* As a French surname, from Old French grau (“kind of fork”), from Frankish/Germanic, probably related to Old Norse grein (“fork, branch”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/grau