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Directly translated the word gros means "large". It is thought that the name was originally used for a merchant that sold popular fruits or other various food items. 1
The name de Grosso was also found in Normandy around 1180 and it is assumed by some sources that this could be an early root for the name Gros in France. 2
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Gros, Graux, Graulx, Grot, Graut, Grauts, Grault, Graults, Grau, Graus, Graue, Graues, Gross, de Gros and many more.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Christian Gros, who settled in Philadelphia in 1732; Johan Hedrich Gros settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1764; Philip Daniel Gros settled in Philadelphia in 1753.