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Granville

GRAN-vil

Rare & Uncommon ✦ Vintage

✦ Meaning

“A Norman French place name meaning 'great town,' bringing old-money aristocratic charm and suggesting both scale and sophistication, popular among 19th-century gentry.”

Popularity Over Time

Granville US popularity rank over timeRank 13689 in 2011 to rank 391 in 1901. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#391#7040#136891900192019401960198020002024

Granville is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

FrenchOld English

Syllables

2

Nicknames

GranGranny

Style

ElegantGrandVintageClassic

Famous Bearers

  • Granville Stuart
  • Granville Woods
  • Granville Bantock

Collections

Beautiful But Not Top 100 → Old Money Names → Preppy & Surname Names → Two Syllables → Vintage Revival →

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Neville

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Melville

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Beatrice

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Josephine

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People Also Ask

A Norman French place name meaning 'great town,' bringing old-money aristocratic charm and suggesting both scale and sophistication, popular among 19th-century gentry.

Granville is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's making a comeback as part of the vintage name wave.

Popular nicknames for Granville include Gran, Granny.

Names that pair beautifully with Granville include Beatrice, Josephine, Augustus.