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  2. Grant (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Grant is an English, Scottish, and French surname derived from the French graund meaning 'tall' or 'large'. [1] It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size. Notable people with the surname "Grant" include

  3. Grant (given name) - Wikipedia

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    Grant is an English given name derived from the French grand meaning 'tall' or 'large'. [1] It was originally a nickname given to those with remarkable size. Notable people with the given name "Grant" include

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    -wala, -wallah, wali, vala, vali (Hindustani, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi) denotes the occupation or place of origin (Occupation example: Batliwala – one who deals with bottles. Place example: Suratwala – one from Surat) [citation needed]-wan (Indonesian) denotes a male name [citation needed]-wati (Indonesian) denotes a female name [citation ...

  5. List of Scottish Gaelic surnames - Wikipedia

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    This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic , Lithuanian and Latvian surnames ), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.

  6. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Stephanie Grant and Julian Moore from the band chose the name after trying to duplicate these powers from an exposé they discovered in a book about the period. [159] Glades – Comes from a ski run that member Cameron Robertson saw during a holiday. [160] Gorgoroth – Means "horror" in Sindarin, one of Tolkien's constructed languages. [27]

  7. Grant - Wikipedia

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    Grant (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters; Grant (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885), the 18th president of the United States and general of the Union during the American Civil War; Cary Grant (1904–1986), British-American actor; Hugh Grant (born 1960 ...

  8. List of pen names - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of pen names used by notable authors of written work. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author.A pen name may be used to make the author' name more distinctive, to disguise the author's gender, to distance the author from their other works, to protect the author from retribution for their writings, to combine more than one author into a single author, or ...

  9. List of stage names - Wikipedia

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    This list of stage names lists names used by those in the entertainment industry, alphabetically by their stage name's surname followed by their birth name. Individuals who dropped their last name and substituted their middle name as their last name are listed.