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Grande
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grande
English
+ (surname)
Etymology
Borrowed from en roa - either en es Grande or en it Grande .
Proper noun
~ s
en municipality in s/Schleswig-Holstein c/Germany.
en surnames from Italian surnames from Spanish en Romance languages.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Grande is the 4487th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7904 individuals. Grande is most common among White (58.91%) and Hispanic/Latino (35.78%) individuals.
Further reading
German
Etymology
de :bor es:grande
de es grande.
Pronunciation
de De-Grande.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak
de often journalism politics grandee, an influential person, especially a high-ranking member of a party, club, or company group
de 2017-11-30 Peter Fahrenholz Stammbaum der Streithanseln Süddeutsche Zeitung http://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/machtkampf-in-der-csu-stammbaum-der-streithanseln-1.3770644 Verglichen mit späteren Streitereien verlief die Aufteilung des Erbes nach dem Tod von Strauß noch am friedlichsten, wenngleich auch nicht ohne Opfer. Damals einigten sich die Granden relativ rasch auf eine Ämterteilung an der Spitze: CSU-Chef wurde Theo Waigel, Ministerpräsident Max Streibl. https://web.archive.org/web/20260716013716/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/bayern/machtkampf-in-der-csu-stammbaum-der-streithanseln-1.3770644 16 July 2026
grandee member of the Spanish high nobility
Usage notes
Often used in compounds or genitive construction:
de SPD-Granden high-ranking SPD members
de Granden des FC Bayern high-ranking executives of Bayern Munich
Declension
m.weak
Further reading
Italian
it:
Etymology
From it grande big, a nickname for a tall or large person.
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Descendants
en Grande
Spanish
Etymology
From es grande big.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
es